Althaeus

Althaeus hibisci

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chrysomeloidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa 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: Bruchinae
Tribus: Bruchini
Subtribe: Acanthoscelidina
Genus: Althaeus
Species: A. folkertsi – A. hibisci – A. steineri

Name

Althaeus Bridwell, 1946: 55

Type species: Bruchus hibisci Olivier, 1800, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Bridwell, J.C. 1946. The genera of beetles of the family Bruchidae in America north of Mexico. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 36(2): 52–57. BHL. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Johnson, C.D. & Kingsolver, J.M. 1982 (1981). Checklist of the Bruchidae (Coleoptera) of Canada, United States, Mexico, Central America and the West Indies. The Coleopterists Bulletin 35(4): 409–422. JSTOR .
• Kingsolver, J.M., Gibb, T.J. & Pfaffenberger, G.S. 1989. Synopsis of the bruchid genus Althaeus Bridwell (Coleoptera) with descriptions of two new species. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 115(1): 57–82. JSTOR .
• Udayagiri, S. & Wadhi, S.R. 1989. Catalog of Bruchidae. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 45: 1–301. Internet Archive . Reference page.