Ophraella nuda
Ophraella nuda, the naked flea beetle,[1] is a species of skeletonizing leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae.
| Ophraella nuda | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Ophraella |
| Species: | O. nuda |
| Binomial name | |
| Ophraella nuda LeSage, 1986 | |
Details
It is endemic to the prairies of southeastern Alberta.[2] Its host plant is povertyweed, a common plant on shortgrass prairies. It is paraphyletic with Ophraella artemisiae which it differs little from genetically despite being dissimilar morphologically, this is a result of peripatric speciation. Both the holotype and the allotype of naked flea beetle were collected in 1955 near the locality of Comrey, next to the Milk River Valley.[3]
References
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Canadian Endangered Species Conservation Council. National General Status Working Group.
2022.
Wild Species 2020: The General Status of Species in Canada.
172 pp.
ISBN 978-1-7387673-0-4
French title: Espèces sauvages 2020: la situation générale des espèces au Canada.
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.canada .ca /species-risk-registry /virtual _sara /files /reports /Wild%20Species%202020 .pdf - Funk, Daniel J.; Futuyma, Douglas J.; Ortí, Guillermo; Meyer, Axel (October 20, 1995). "A HISTORY OF HOST ASSOCIATIONS AND EVOLUTIONARY DIVERSIFICATION FOR OPHRAELLA (COLEOPTERA: CHRYSOMELIDAE): NEW EVIDENCE FROM MITOCHONDRIAL DNA". Evolution. 49 (5): 1008–1017. doi:10.1111/j.1558-5646.1995.tb02335.x – via CrossRef.
- Government of Canada, Public Services and Procurement Canada. "Information archivée dans le Web" (PDF). publications.gc.ca.
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