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OF AMERICA NORTH OF MEXICO (COLEOPTERA: CHRYSOMELIDAE, ALTICINAE) DISSERTATION Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy in the Graduate School of The Ohio State University By Eric Howard Smith, B.A., M.S. ***** The Ohio State University 1973 Reading Committee: Approved by Dr. Donald J. Borror Dr. Charles A. Triplehorn Adviser Dr, Barry D. Valentine Department of Zoology tr TABLE OF CONTENTS Page ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS . ............................................ iv VITA ............................................................ vi LIST OF F I G U R E S .................................................. viii LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ......................................... xv INTRODUCTION .................................................... 1 METHODS ........................................................ 3 CLASSIFICATION .................................................. 8 Subfamily Alticinae ....................................... 8 Genus Phyllotreta ..................................... 8 Key to the males of the maculate sp ec i e s.............. 18 Key to the females of the maculate sp e cies.............. 27 Phyllotreta arcuata n.sp............................. 36 Phyllotreta armoraciae (Koch) ....................... 39 Phyllotreta attenuate n.sp........................... 46 Phyllotreta bipustulata (F.) 51 Phyllotreta bisinuata n . s p ......................... 61 Phyllotreta constricta n .sp.......................... 64 Phyllotreta decipiens Horn ......................... 69 Phyllotreta denticomis H o r n ....................... 74 Phyllotreta dolichophalla n.sp. ................. 78 Phyllotreta emarginata n.sp.......................... 81 ii TABLE OF CONTENTS ( C o n t ,) i Page Phyllotreta lepidula (LeC.) ........................ 86 Phyllotreta liebecki Schffr......................... 90 Phyllotreta oblonga Chttn. ................. 95 i ' Phyllotreta Oregonensis (Crotch) .................. 98 Phyllotreta ramosa (Crotch) ......................... 104 " T_ I ................................................ i | Phyllotreta ramosoides n.sp.......................... 107 | Phyllotreta rohusta (LeC.) ......................... 113 | ..... .. Phyllotreta spatulata n.sp.......................... 117 ! j Phyllotreta striolata (F.) 121 I ! Phyllotreta utana Chttn.............................. 135 | ! Phyllotreta utanula n.sp............................. 139 i Phyllotreta zimmermanni (Crotch) ..................... 143 Species considered nomina dubia ..................... 153 i FIGURES ........................................................ 155 LITERATURE CITED ................................................ 21S iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Assistance in the form of the opportunity to examine and the loan of specimens has been extended by many individuals and institutions. I would like to particularly thank the following who have permitted examination of Phyllotreta under their care: Lee H. Herman, Jr. (AMNH), W. Wayne Moss and David C. Rentz (ANSP), Melville Hatch (BMUW), Hugh B. Leech (CASC), Terry N. Seeno (CDAE), Edward C. Becker (CNCI), L. L. Pechpman (CUIC), Phillip J. Clausen (DEFW), Brett C. Ratcliffe (DEUN), W. J. Hanson (EMUS), Edward U. Balsbaugh, Jr. (EUBC and SDSU), Henry Dybas (FMNH), George C. Wallace (ICCM), the late Jean L. Laffoon (ISUI), Charles L. Hogue and Roy R. Snelling (LACM), Larry Burgess (LBCC), Richard E. Morel and Jan White (MCZC), Charles A. Triplehorn (OSUC), Paul Oman (OSUO), Edward E. Simons (PADA), Ke Chung Kim (PSUC), E. Phil Rouse (UADE), Saul Frommer (UCRC) F. W. Wood (UMDC), Eben A. Osgood, Jr. (UMDE), Richard E. White (USNM) Lutz J. Bayer (UWEM), Vernon M. Kirk (VMKC), Michael Kosztarab (VPIC), William J. Turner (WSUC), Jan Edelmann (University Zoological Museum, Copenhagen), and F. Hieke (Zoological Museum of Humboldt University, Berlin, DDR). I would like to thank the members of my reading committee, Donald J. Borror and Charles A. Triplehom, and my major professor, Barry D. Valentine, for their assistance, encouragement, and personal friendship extended to me throughout my stay at Ohio State. Special appreciation is extended to Dr. Valentine for his guidance, help in solving many nomenclatorial problems, his patience, and his personal faith in me and support throughout our association. My sincere thanks are extended to Dr. John Briggs, Dr. Frank Fisk, and especially to Dr. Rodger Mitchell for th£ use of equipment under their care, to Dr. Triplehom for my constant use of the Ohio State Collection and museum facilities, and to Dr. Donald E. Johnston for help with the variation analysis work. And lastly, I would like to thank my wife, Cheryl, and my sister, Margaret, for their help in recording label data and preparation of the distribution maps. v VITA July 4, 1943 . B o m - Cincinnati, Ohio 1966 ............. B.A., Miami University, Oxford, Ohio 1966-196 9 ........ Research Assistant. Department 'of Entomology, Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana 1967-196 9 ........ Member of the Publication Board of the "Coleopterists* Bulletin" 1968-1969. .... Business Manager of the "Coleopterists* Bulletin" 1969-197 2 ........ Teaching Associate. Department of Entomology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 1970 ......... M.S., Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana 1970-197 3.........Graduate Student Member of the Graduate Committee. Department of Entomology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 1971 ............. Member of the Council, Coleopterists Society 1971 ............. NSF Summer Traineeship for Graduate Teaching Associates. The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 1972 . ........... Summer Research Associate. Department of Entomology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 1972-1973........ University Dissertation Year Fellowship. The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 1973 ............. Contributing Author, North American Beetle Fauna Project PUBLICATIONS 1968. Young, R. M . , E. H. Smith, E. C. Mignot, et al. A partial list of active Coleopterists, by specialty. Coleopterists* Bull. Suppl., 28 pp. 1969. Arnett, R, H., Jr., E. C. Mignot, and E. H. Smith. North American Coleoptera fauna: notes on Pyrophorinae, Elateridae. Coleopterists* Bull. 23(1):9-15. 1969. Arnett, R. H., Jr. and G. A. Samuelson (eds.), G. F. Flory, E. C, Mignot, C. D. Schaaf, and E. H. Smith. A directory of Coleoptera collections of North America. Purdue Univ. (C. S. C.) 123 pp. 1969. Smith, E. H. Book review: World Crop Production, volume I 6 II.' Coleopterists* Bull. 23(3):88. MAJOR FIELD Entomology vii LIST OF FIGURES Figure Page 1. Male 5th abdominal sternum and pygidium, ventral v i e w ............................................... 156 2. Female 5th abdominal sternum, ventral vi e w ............................................... 156 3. Label of lectotype of Phyllotreta armoraciae ............. 156 4. Male genitalia with structures labeled, dorsal v i e w ............................................... 156 5. Male genitalia with structures labeled, lateral view ............................................. 156 6. Female spermatheca with structures labeled, lateral v i e w ......................... 156 7. Phyllotreta arcuata, holotype, dorsal
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