Systena

Systena is a genus of flea beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are at least 20 described species in Systena.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Systena frontalis

Systena
Systena blanda
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Tribe:	Alticini
Genus:	Systena Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836

Species

These 22 species belong to the genus Systena:

• Systena bitaeniata (J. L. LeConte, 1859) ^{i c g}
• Systena blanda F. E. Melsheimer, 1847 ^{i c g b} (palestriped flea beetle)
• Systena californica Blake, 1935 ^{i c g}
• Systena carri Blake, 1935 ^{i c g}
• Systena collaris Crotch, 1873 ^{i c g}
• Systena corni Schaeffer, 1932 ^{i c g b} (dogwood systena)
• Systena dimorpha Blake, 1933 ^{i c g}
• Systena elongata (Fabricius, 1798) ^{i c g b} (elongate flea beetle)
• Systena frontalis (Fabricius, 1801) ^{i c g b} (red-headed flea beetle)
• Systena gracilenta Blake, 1933 ^{i c g b}
• Systena hudsonias (Forster, 1771) ^{i c g b} (black-headed flea beetle)
• Systena laevis Blake, 1935 ^{i c g b}
• Systena laurentia Bechyné, 1955 ^g
• Systena lherminieri Bryant, 1942 ^g
• Systena marginalis (Illiger, 1807) ^{i c g b} (margined systena)
• Systena mitis (J. L. LeConte, 1858) ^{i c g}
• Systena pallicornis Schaeffer, 1906 ^{i c g b}
• Systena pallipes Schwarz, 1878 ^{i c g}
• Systena plicata Blatchley, 1921 ^{i c g}
• Systena sexnotata Fall, 1910 ^{i c g b}
• Systena s-littera (Linnaeus, 1758) ^g
• Systena variata Schaeffer, 1932 ^{i c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]

References

1. "Systena Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-20.
2. "Browse Systena". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-20.
3. "Systena". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-03-20.
4. "Systena Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-20.
5. "Systena Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-20.
6. "North American Cryptocephalus species (Chrysomelidae, Cryptocephalinae)". Texas Entomology. Retrieved 2018-03-20.

Further reading

• Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0849309540.
• Barney, R.J.; Clark, S.M.; Riley, E.G. (2009). "Annotated list of the leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) of Kentucky: Subfamily Galerucinae, Tribe Alticini". Journal of the Kentucky Academy of Science. 70: 29–55. doi:10.3101/1098-7096-70.1.29.
• Blatchley, W.S. (1910). An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub.
• Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys. Pensoft Publishers (88): 1–972. doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 3088472. PMID 21594053.
• Clark, S.M.; Le Doux, D.G.; Riley, E.G.; Gilbert, A.J.; et al. (2004). Host Plants of Leaf Beetle Species Occurring in the United States and Canada. Coleopterists Society. ISBN 9780972608732.
• LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558.
• Nie, R-E; Bezděk, J.; Yang, X-K (2017). "How many genera and species of Galerucinae s. str. do we know? Updated statistics (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae). In: Chaboo CS, Schmitt M (Eds) Research on Chrysomelidae". ZooKeys. Pensoft (720): 91–102. doi:10.3897/zookeys.720.13517. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 5740445. PMID 29290727.
• Reid, C.A.M.; Beatson, M. (2013). "Chrysomelid males with enlarged mandibles: three new species and a review of occurrence in the family (Coleoptera:Chrysomelidae)". Zootaxa. 3619: 79–100. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3619.1.6. PMID 26131467.
• Riley, Edward G.; Clark, Shawn M.; Gilbert, Arthur J. (2001). "New records, nomenclatural changes, and taxonomic notes for select North American leaf beetles". Insecta Mundi. 15 (1): 1–17.
• Riley, Edward G.; Clark, Shawn M.; Seeno, Terry N. (2003). Catalog of the leaf beetles of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae and Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae). Special Publication. The Coleopterists Society. ISBN 0-9726087-1-0.
• White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897.
• Wilcox, John A. (1965). "A Synopsis of the North American Galerucinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". New York State Museum and Science Service. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

External links

• Media related to Systena at Wikimedia Commons