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Flea Beetles
Alticini
The flea beetle is a small, jumping beetle of the leaf beetle family (Chrysomelidae), that makes up the tribe Alticini which is a part of the subfamily Galerucinae. Historically the flea beetles were classified as their own subfamily.
60 branches of this tribe, most-observed first

Bladder clawed flea beetles
subtribeOedionychina

Alticina
subtribeAlticina

Disonychina
subtribeDisonychina

Phyllotreta
genusPhyllotreta

Longitarsus
genusLongitarsus

Studded Flea Beetles
genusCrepidodera

Psylliodes
genusPsylliodes

Blepharidina
subtribeBlepharidina

Systena
genusSystena

Chaetocnemina
subtribeChaetocnemina

Sphaeroderma
genusSphaeroderma

Diboliina
subtribeDiboliina

Spurge Flea Beetles
genusAphthona

Podagrica
genusPodagrica

Neocrepidodera
genusNeocrepidodera

Cacoscelis
genusCacoscelis

Agasicles
genusAgasicles

Hairy Flea Beetles
genusEpitrix

Hemipyxis
genusHemipyxis

Monoplatina
subtribeMonoplatina

Nisotra
genusNisotra

Arsipoda
genusArsipoda

Nonarthra
genusNonarthra

Luperaltica
genusLuperaltica

Parchicola
genusParchicola

Phygasia
genusPhygasia

Luperomorpha
genusLuperomorpha

Glyptina
genusGlyptina

Chabria
genusChabria

Hespera
genusHespera

Strabala
genusStrabala

Phrynocepha
genusPhrynocepha

Lactina
genusLactina

Mantura
genusMantura

Batophila
genusBatophila

Febraina
subtribeFebraina

Euphitrea
genusEuphitrea

Hermaeophaga
genusHermaeophaga

Podagricomela
genusPodagricomela

Argopus
genusArgopus

Manobiina
subtribeManobiina

Hemiglyptus
genusHemiglyptus

Ivalia
genusIvalia

Heikertingerella
genusHeikertingerella

Protea Flea Beetles
genusChirodica

Sangariola
genusSangariola

Heikertingeria
genusHeikertingeria

Derocrepis
genusDerocrepis

Arrhenocoela
genusArrhenocoela

Grammicopterus
genusGrammicopterus

Trichaltica
genusTrichaltica

Lythraria
genusLythraria

Argopistoides
genusArgopistoides

Syphrea
genusSyphrea

Acanthonycha
genusAcanthonycha
Acrocyum
genusAcrocyum

Apteropeda
genusApteropeda

Cornulactica
genusCornulactica

Diphaulaca
genusDiphaulaca

Caeporis
genusCaeporis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Alticini in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 155185.