# Longitarsus

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{{Short description|Genus of beetles}}
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| image = Reitter-1912 bugs3149.jpg
| image_caption  =  ''Longitarsus'' in [Reitter](/source/Edmund_Reitter) ''Fauna Germanica. Die Käfer des Deutschen Reiches''
| taxon       = Longitarsus
| authority   = [Latreille](/source/Pierre_Andr%C3%A9_Latreille), 1829
}}

'''''Longitarsus''''' is a genus of [beetle](/source/beetle)s in the family [Chrysomelidae](/source/leaf_beetle). It is the most speciose genus of [flea beetle](/source/flea_beetle)s, comprising over 700 species, and has a [cosmopolitan distribution](/source/cosmopolitan_distribution).<ref name=ZK87>{{cite journal |author=K. D. Prathapan & C. A. Viraktamath|year=2011|title=A new species of ''Longitarsus'' Latreille, 1829 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae) pupating inside stem aerenchyma of the hydrophyte host from the Oriental Region|journal=[ZooKeys](/source/ZooKeys)|issue=87|pages=1–10|doi=10.3897/zookeys.87.1294|pmid=21594098|pmc=3082995|doi-access=free|bibcode=2011ZooK...87....1P }}</ref>

==See also==
* [List of Longitarsus species](/source/List_of_Longitarsus_species)

==References==
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Category:Longitarsus
Category:Taxa named by Pierre André Latreille
Category:Chrysomelidae genera
Category:Insect pests of millets

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