Longitarsus aeneicollis (Faldermann, 1837)
(a flea beetle)

Interactions where Longitarsus aeneicollis is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
adult adult grazes on leaf UK/Ireland Senecio groundsels, ragwort Asterales: Asteraceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Longitarsus aeneicollis/Longitarsus aeneicollisa flea beetleadult Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio/Seneciogroundsels, ragwortleaf
larva larva grazes on leaf UK/Ireland Senecio groundsels, ragwort Asterales: Asteraceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Longitarsus aeneicollis/Longitarsus aeneicollisa flea beetlelarva Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio/Seneciogroundsels, ragwortleaf
adult adult grazes on leaf Foreign Lithospermum officinale Common Gromwell Boraginaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
The British Species of the genus Longitarsus (Col., Chrysomelidae), Kevan D.K., 1967
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Longitarsus aeneicollis/Longitarsus aeneicollisa flea beetleadult Foodplant / open feederForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Boraginaceae/Lithospermum officinale/Lithospermum officinalecommon gromwellleaf
larva larva grazes on leaf Foreign Lithospermum officinale Common Gromwell Boraginaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
The British Species of the genus Longitarsus (Col., Chrysomelidae), Kevan D.K., 1967
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Longitarsus aeneicollis/Longitarsus aeneicollisa flea beetlelarva Foodplant / open feederForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Boraginaceae/Lithospermum officinale/Lithospermum officinalecommon gromwellleaf

Author & YearTitleSource
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Kevan D.K., 1967The British Species of the genus Longitarsus (Col., Chrysomelidae)Ent. Mon. Mag. Vol 103: 83-110.

Longitarsus aeneicollis (a flea beetle) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Longitarsus aeneicollis (a flea beetle) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLongitarsus aeneicollis (a flea beetle)
GenusLongitarsus (a genus of flea beetles)
TribeAlticini (flea beetles)
SubfamilyGALERUCINAE (a subfamily of leaf and flea beetles)
FamilyCHRYSOMELIDAE (leaf and flea beetles)
SuperfamilyCHRYSOMELOIDEA (leaf, longhorn and seed beetles)
Series Cucujiformia (a group of beetles)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Longitarsus aeneicollis (a flea beetle)

Longitarsus aeneicollis (a flea beetle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Longitarsus aeneicollis (a flea beetle):

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