DISCOVERY OF THE FIRST NEARCTIC MOSS-EATING FLEA BEETLE, DISTIGMOPTERA BOREALIS BLAKE, 1943 (COLEOPTERA: CHRYSOMELIDAE: GALERUCINAE: ALTICINI)

Authors

Alexander S. Konstantinov, USDA c/o Smithsonian InstitutionFollow
Adelita M. Linzmeier, Universidade Federal da Grande DouradosFollow
Ana Carla Coelho Morais, Universidade Federal da Grande DouradosFollow
Michael W. Palmer, Oklahoma State UniversityFollow
Sonja J. Scheffer, USDA c/o Smithsonian InstitutionFollow
Matthew L. Lewis, USDA c/o Smithsonian InstitutionFollow

Date of this Version

9-22-2019

Citation

The Coleopterists Bulletin, 73(3): 599–610. 2019.

DOI.org/10.1649/0010-065X-73.3.599

Comments

U.S. Government Works

Abstract

A flea beetle, Distigmoptera borealis Blake, 1943, is documented for the first time to feed on liverworts, Reboulia hemisphaerica (L.) Raddi (Aytoniaceae), and moss, Weissia controversa Hedw. (Pottiaceae). This is the first and only known bryobiont leaf beetle in the USA and Nearctic biogeographic region. The adult of D. borealis is redescribed and illustrated, and the larva and pupa of D. borealis are described and illustrated for the first time.