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The jumping mechanism of flea beetles (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Alticini), its application to bionics and preliminary design for a robotic jumping leg [PDF]

open access: yesZooKeys, 2020
Flea beetles (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini) are a hyperdiverse group of organisms with approximately 9900 species worldwide. In addition to walking as most insects do, nearly all the species of flea beetles have an ability to jump and
Yongying Ruan   +12 more
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Sugar transporters enable a leaf beetle to accumulate plant defense compounds

open access: yesNature Communications, 2021
The herbivorous horseradish flea beetle sequesters plant toxins to defend against predators. Here the authors identify glucosinolate transporters expressed in the beetle Malpighian tubules and provide evidence that these reabsorb glucosinolates from the ...
Zhi-Ling Yang   +7 more
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Complex evolution and biogeographic history of moss‐inhabiting flea beetles from the T aiwan‐ R yukyu I sland A rc ( C oleoptera: C hrysomelidae: A lticini)

open access: hybridSystematic Entomology, Volume 51, Issue 1, January‐March 2026.
Extensive radiation of moss‐inhabiting flea beetles in Taiwan and Japan: The Ivalia uenoi complex displays high species diversity closely related to Japanese species. Complex biogeography revealed by phylogenomics: ddRAD data uncovered a history shaped by Miocene vicariance and Pliocene dispersal from Taiwan across the Taiwan‐Ryukyu archipelago ...
Albert František Damaška   +6 more
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Flea Beetle Control, 1996 [PDF]

open access: yesArthropod Management Tests, 1997
Abstract Materials were applied on 6 Jun to 20 by 20 ft plots in a bearing blueberry field at Jonesport, Maine. There were 3 replications of each treatment and a minimum 5-ft untreated buffer strip around each plot. Treatments were blocked according to prespray population levels.
J. A. Collins, F. A. Drummond
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Comparative Efficacy of Common Active Ingredients in Organic Insecticides Against Difficult to Control Insect Pests

open access: yesInsects, 2020
There exists a lack of control efficacy information to enable decision-making about which organic insecticide product works best for a given insect pest.
Galen P. Dively   +3 more
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A second species of Orisaltata Prathapan et Konstantinov, 2006 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini) [PDF]

open access: yesКавказский энтомологический бюллетень, 2009
A second species of the flea beetle genus Orisaltata Prathapan et Konstantinov, 2006 (O. medvedevi sp. n.) from south India is described and illustrated with comparative notes and host plant: Thottea barberi (Aristolochiaceae)
K.D. Prathapan , A.S. Konstantinov
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Alligatorweed flea beetle Agasicles hygrophila Selman and Vogt (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Halticinae)

open access: yesEDIS, 2009
EENY462, a 4-page illustrated fact sheet by Ted D. Center, James P. Cuda, and Michael J. Grodowitz, is part of the Featured Creatures collection. It describes this beetle that was the first insect ever studied for biological control of an aquatic weed ...
Ted D. Center   +2 more
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Flea Beetle Control, 1993 [PDF]

open access: yesArthropod Management Tests, 1994
Abstract Materials were applied on 26 May for early instar BFB larval control to 20- by 20-ft plots in a pruned blueberry field at Otisfield, Maine. There were 3 replications of each treatment in a RCBD with a minimum 5-ft untreated buffer strip around each plot. Insecticides were applied at a rate of 25 gal/acre using a COrpropelled, 30-
H. Y. Forsythe, J. A. Collins
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