CHRYSOMELIDAE Latreille, 1802
(leaf and flea beetles)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
BRUCHINAE
seed beetles, pea weevils, bean weevils
Subfamily 3 subtaxa 16 images 6 ident. refs
Bruchus
a genus of seed beetles
Female (Click to open)
 		Genus 3 subtaxa 16 images 1 ident. refs
CHRYSOMELINAE
a subfamily of leaf beetles
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 		Subfamily 19 subtaxa 224 images 20 ident. refs
CRIOCERINAE
a subfamily of leaf beetles
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 		Subfamily 6 subtaxa 27 images 9 ident. refs
CRYPTOCEPHALINAE
a subfamily of leaf beetles
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 		Subfamily 8 subtaxa 32 images 12 ident. refs
DONACIINAE
reed beetles
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 		Subfamily 6 subtaxa 18 images 10 ident. refs
GALERUCINAE
a subfamily of leaf and flea beetles
Male (Click to open)
 		Subfamily 33 subtaxa 187 images 29 ident. refs
HISPINAE
tortoise beetles
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 		Subfamily 8 subtaxa 141 images 9 ident. refs
Pilemostoma fastuosum
a tortoise beetle
Species 2 ident. refs
Plagiosterna aenea
a leaf beetle
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 		Species 6 images
Prasocuris
a genus of beetles
Larva (Click to open)
 		Genus 3 subtaxa 20 images 2 ident. refs
Chrysomelidae (unidentified)
Unidentified Leaf and Flea Beetles
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 		Unidentified 33 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyCHRYSOMELIDAE (leaf and flea beetles)
SuperfamilyCHRYSOMELOIDEA (leaf, longhorn and seed beetles)
Series Cucujiformia (a group of beetles)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Bienkowski, A.O. 2004 Leaf-Beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) of the Eastern Europe: New key to subfamilies, genera, and species
() Borowiec, L. European Chrysomelidae culex.biol.uni.wroc.pl/cassidae/European%20Chrysomelidae
Cox, M.L. 2007 Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland http://www.brc.ac.uk/resources.htm
() Duff, A.G. 2016 Beetles of Britain and Ireland: Cerambycidae to Curculionidae Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Volume 4, 623pp
Freude, H., Harde, K.W. & Lohse, G.A. (Eds.) 1966 Die Käfer Mitteleuropas. Band 9 (Cerambycidae, Chrysomelidae) Die Käfer Mitteleuropas, Vol 9, Goecke & Evers, Krefeld
Hackston, M. 2009 Subfamily Chrysomelinae illustrated key http://sites.google.com/site/mikesinsectkeys/
() Hubble, D. 2012 Keys to the adults of Seed and Leaf Beetles of the British Isles. (Coleoptera: Bruchidae, Orsodacnidae, Megalopodidae & Chrysomelidae) AIDGAP, 136pp, Field Studies Council
Warchalowski A. 2003 The leaf-beetles of Europe and the Mediterranean area 600pp, Natura optima dux Foundation

Larvae/Leaf-miners

Anon. British Leafminers www.leafmines.co.uk/
Pitkin, B. Ellis, W.,Plant, C. & Edmunds, R. The leaf and stem mines of British flies and other insects www.ukflymines.co.uk

Leaf-miners

György Csóka 2003 Levélaknák és Levélaknázók - Leaf Mines and Leaf Miners 192pp, Forest Research Institute, Budapest

CHRYSOMELIDAE (leaf and flea beetles) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for CHRYSOMELIDAE (leaf and flea beetles)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1,696 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for CHRYSOMELIDAE (leaf and flea beetles)
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