Agasicles hygrophila

Agasicles hygrophila

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chrysomeloidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Cucujiformia Cladus: Phytophaga Superfamilia: Chrysomeloidea

Familia: Chrysomelidae
Subfamilia: Galerucinae
Tribus: Alticini
Genus: Agasicles
Species: Agasicles hygrophila

Name

Agasicles hygrophila Selman & Vogt, 1971: 1018

Holotype and Allotype: USNM 71047, near Castelar, Prov. de Buenos Aires, R. A. Alternanthera philoxeroides along banks of the Rio Reconquista, 20-III-62' (Selman & Vogt, 1971: 1019)

References

Primary references

• Selman, B.J. & Vogt, G.B. 1971. Lectotype designations in the South American genus Agasicles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), with description of a new species important as a supressant of alligatorweed. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 64(5): 1016–1020. DOI: 10.1093/aesa/64.5.1016 . Reference page. 

Additional references

• Döberl, M. 2010. Subfamily Alticinae Newman, 1835. Pp. 491–563. In: Löbl, I. & Smetana, A. (eds.) Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark. 924 pp. ISBN 978-87-88757-84-2. Google Books. Reference page. 
• Fan, W-L., Liu, X-K., Zhang, T-H., Liang, Z-L., Jiang, L., Zong, L., Li, C-Q., Du, Z., Liu, H-Y., Yang, Y-X., Wu, F-M. & Ge, S-Q. The morphology and spectral characteristics of the compound eye of Agasicles hygrophila (Selman & Vogt, 1971) (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini). Pp 23–40 in Chaboo, C.S. & Schmitt, M. (eds.) 2023. Research on Chrysomelidae 9. Zookeys 1177ː 1–258. Reference page.  DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1177.100084 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Alligator weed flea beetle