DONACIINAE Kirby, 1837
(reed beetles)

DONACIINAE (reed beetles) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

DONACIINAE (reed beetles) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Donacia
a genus of reed beetles
Genus 15 subtaxa 103 trophisms 5 references
Macroplea appendiculata
a reed beetle
Species 15 trophisms 1 references
Macroplea mutica
a reed beetle
Species 8 trophisms
Plateumaris
a genus of reed beetles
Genus 4 subtaxa 38 trophisms 1 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SubfamilyDONACIINAE (reed 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 DONACIINAE (reed beetles)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Bratton, J. & Greenwood, M. 1997 British reed beetles, Plateumaris and Donacia (Chrysomelidae): an identification aid using pronotum surface characters Latissimus: 11-14.
Denton, J. 2013 Atlas of VC12 aquatic coleoptera 70pp
Hackston, M. 2014 Subfamily Donaciinae https://sites.google.com/site/mikesinsectkeys/
Menzies, I.A. & Cox, M.L. 1996 Notes on the natural history, distribution and identification of British reed beetles Br. J. Ent. Nat. Hist. Vol 09: 137-162.

DONACIINAE (reed beetles) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Foster, G.N. 2000 A review of the scarce and threatened Coleoptera of Great Britain. Part 3: Aquatic Coleoptera 226pp, Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Peterborough

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to DONACIINAE (reed beetles):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 18 images of DONACIINAE (reed beetles)
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