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Beetles of Zihuatanejo

ORDER COLEOPTERA

Acalymma Skeletonizing Leaf and Flea
Acalymma (Genus)

-Animals (Kingdom Animalia)

-Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)

-Hexapods (Subphylum Hexapoda)

-Insects (Class Insecta)

-Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)

-Beetles (Order Coleoptera​​)

-​Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf, and Snout Beetles (Suborder Polyphaga)

-​Cucujiform Beetles (Infraorder Cucujiformia)

-Leaf Beetles and Allies (Superfamily Chrysomeloidea)

-Leaf Beetles Family (Chrysomelidae)

-Skeletonizing Leaf and Flea Beetles (Subfamily Galerucinae)

-Tribe Luperini

-Subtribe Diabroticina

-Genus Acalymma


The genus Acalymma is a group of flea beetles within the leaf beetle family Chrysomelidae, specifically in the subfamily Galerucinae and tribe Luperini. These beetles are small, jump-capable herbivores commonly associated with plants in the Cucurbitaceae family (squash, melons, cucumbers), making some species important agricultural pests.

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