Phaedon Latreille, 1829
(a genus of leaf beetles)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
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ID refs
Phaedon tumidulus
Celery Leaf Beetle
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 		Species 2 images 1 ident. refs
Phaedon (unidentified)
Unidentified Phaedon Leaf Beetles
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 		Unidentified 4 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusPhaedon (a genus of leaf beetles)
SubfamilyCHRYSOMELINAE (a subfamily of leaf beetles)
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
Hodges, D. & Murray, D. WCG - website of the Watford Coleoptera Group thewcg.org.uk/

Phaedon (a genus of leaf beetles) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Phaedon (a genus of leaf beetles)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 83 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Phaedon (a genus of leaf beetles)
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