Paranapiacaba tricincta

Paranapiacaba tricincta, the checkered melon beetle, is a species of skeletonizing leaf beetle or flea beetle in the family Chrysomelidae.[1][2][3][4] It is found in Central America and North America.[2][5]

Checkered melon beetle, Paranapiacaba tricincta[6]

Paranapiacaba tricincta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Genus:	Paranapiacaba
Species:	P. tricincta
Binomial name
Paranapiacaba tricincta (Say, 1824)

References

1. "Paranapiacaba tricincta Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
2. "Paranapiacaba tricincta Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
3. "Paranapiacaba tricincta Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
4. "Paranapiacaba tricincta species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
5. "North American Cryptocephalus species (Chrysomelidae, Cryptocephalinae)". Texas Entomology. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
6. "Images and collection data for Paranapiacaba tricincta". Pictures from Earth. Retrieved 2018-03-06.

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.
• 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. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
• 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 7". ZooKeys. 720: 91–102. doi:10.3897/zookeys.720.13517. PMC 5740445. PMID 29290727.
• 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 no. 1. 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 Paranapiacaba tricincta at Wikimedia Commons