(Rhabdopterus spp.)
Overview • Description • Distribution • Taxonomy
Description |
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Adults are generally oval in shape with straight sides along the middle. They are dark reddish-brown to blackish with a metallic iridescence. The head is fully visible when viewed from above. The exoskeletal plate covering the thorax (pronotum) is smooth, shiny, and covered with very fine pits (punctures). It is narrower than the bases of the hardened wing covers (elytra). |
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11/2/2020 | ||||
Taxonomy |
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Order |
Coleoptera (beetles) | ||
Suborder |
Polyphaga (water, rove, scarab, longhorn, leaf and snout beetles) | ||
Infraorder |
Cucujiformia | ||
Superfamily |
Chrysomeloidea (long-horned and leaf beetles) | ||
Family |
Chrysomelidae (leaf beetles) | ||
Subfamily |
Eumolpinae (oval leaf beetles) | ||
Tribe |
Eumolpini | ||
Subtribe | Iphimeites | ||
Subordinate Taxa |
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cranberry rootworm (Rhabdopterus picipes) oval leaf beetle (Rhabdopterus bottimeri) oval leaf beetle (Rhabdopterus deceptor) oval leaf beetle (Rhabdopterus fulvipes) oval leaf beetle (Rhabdopterus guatemalensis) oval leaf beetle (Rhabdopterus mexicanus) oval leaf beetle (Rhabdopterus praetextus) oval leaf beetle (Rhabdopterus weisei) |
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Common Names |
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This genus has no common name. The common name of the subfamily Eumolpinae is oval leaf beetles, and is used here for convenience. |
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Glossary
Elytra
The hardened or leathery forewings on an insect used to protect the fragile hindwings, which are used for flying, in beetles and true bugs. Singular: elytron.
Pronotum
The saddle-shaped, exoskeletal plate on the upper side of the first segment of the thorax of an insect.
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Created: 11/2/2020
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