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0024 Col Chr, Donacia marginata
© Roger Key
Family
 
Chrysomelidae
Sub Family
 
Donaciinae
Description
 
reed beetles; a sub-family of the Chrysomelidae
Background to Family
 
More than 20 species of attractive, metallic beetles that are restricted to freshwater or brackish habitats. Larvae feed on the rhizomes of aquatic and semi-aquatic plants. Adults are generally recorded from a broader range of aquatic hosts than the larvae, where they feed on foliage and pollen.

 

 


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Notes
 
Old data currently unassessed by a specialist for changes in nomenclature, errors in original sources, or for misspellings. New material added from Cox, 2007 (Atlas of the seed and leaf beetles of Britain and Ireland. Pisces Publications, UK).; ;
Notes on Sources
 
Please see sources at the family level; Please see sources at the family level; Please see sources at the family level
Most recent source
 
2007

Below is a list of all sources for this family / sub-family contained within DBIF. Click on source name for a list of all records for this source.

 
Source
 
Collins (1911)
Source
 
Cox, M.L. (1976) The taxonomy and biology of the British Chrysomelidae 2 141-375:261
Source
 
Mohr, K.H., in eds. Freude, H., Harde, K.W. & Lohse, G.A. (1966) Die kafer Mitteleuropas. 88. Familie: Chrysomelidae 9 95-299:104
Source
 
Lays (2003
Source
 
Cox, M.L. (1976) The taxonomy and biology of the British Chrysomelidae 2 141-375:262
Source
 
Mohr, K.H., in eds. Freude, H., Harde, K.W. & Lohse, G.A. (1966) Die kafer Mitteleuropas. 88. Familie: Chrysomelidae 9 95-299:109
Source
 
Mohr, K.H., in eds. Freude, H., Harde, K.W. & Lohse, G.A. (1966) Die kafer Mitteleuropas. 88. Familie: Chrysomelidae 9 95-299:102
Source
 
Walsh, G.B. & Dibb, J.R.(1954) Amat. Ent. 11 83-98:89
Source
 
Walsh, G.B. & Dibb, J.R.(1954) Amat. Ent. 11 83-98:91
Source
 
Cox, M.L. (2007)
Source
 
Lays (2003)
Source
 
Cox, M.L. (1976) The taxonomy and biology of the British Chrysomelidae 2 141-375:263
Source
 
Mohr, K.H., in eds. Freude, H., Harde, K.W. & Lohse, G.A. (1966) Die kafer Mitteleuropas. 88. Familie: Chrysomelidae 9 95-299:101
Source
 
Lays (1997)
Source
 
Walsh, G.B. & Dibb, J.R.(1954) Amat. Ent. 11 83-98:94
Source
 
Owen (1996)
Source
 
Allen, A.A. (1984) Comments on 1954 edition of Coleopterist's Handbook :3
Source
 
Lays (2002)
Source
 
Allen, A.A. (1984) Comments on 1954 edition of Coleopterist's Handbook :4
Source
 
Walsh, G.B. & Dibb, J.R.(1954) Amat. Ent. 11 83-98:85
Source
 
Mohr, K.H., in eds. Freude, H., Harde, K.W. & Lohse, G.A. (1966) Die kafer Mitteleuropas. 88. Familie: Chrysomelidae 9 95-299:107
Source
 
Boving (1910)
Source
 
Lays (1997, 2003)
Source
 
Otto, C.(1985) Aquatic Insects 7:1 19-28:19
Source
 
Mohr, K.H., in eds. Freude, H., Harde, K.W. & Lohse, G.A. (1966) Die kafer Mitteleuropas. 88. Familie: Chrysomelidae 9 95-299:105
Source
 
Parry, J.A(1979) Entomologist's Rec. J. Var. 91 323-326:324
Source
 
Allen, A.A. (1984) Comments on 1954 edition of Coleopterist's Handbook :7
Source
 
Mohr, K.H., in eds. Freude, H., Harde, K.W. & Lohse, G.A. (1966) Die kafer Mitteleuropas. 88. Familie: Chrysomelidae 9 95-299:106
Source
 
Allen, A.A. (1984) Comments on 1954 edition of Coleopterist's Handbook :1
Source
 
Parry, J.A(1979) Entomologist's Rec. J. Var. 91 323-326:325
Source
 
Walsh, G.B. & Dibb, J.R.(1954) Amat. Ent. 11 83-98:98
Source
 
Stainforth (1944)
Source
 
Mohr, K.H., in eds. Freude, H., Harde, K.W. & Lohse, G.A. (1966) Die kafer Mitteleuropas. 88. Familie: Chrysomelidae 9 95-299:103
Source
 
Mohr, K.H., in eds. Freude, H., Harde, K.W. & Lohse, G.A. (1966) Die kafer Mitteleuropas. 88. Familie: Chrysomelidae 9 95-299:108
Source
 
Walsh, G.B. & Dibb, J.R.(1954) Amat. Ent. 11 83-98:96

 

 

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