The authors are grateful to the Smithsonian Women's Committee for funding development of the Flea Beetle site and to the USDA, APHIS, National Biological Control Institute (NBCI) for a facilitation grant in support of our research efforts.The Handbook of Palearctic Flea Beetles (Konstantinov & Vandenberg) was a primary contributing literary resource. The assistance of numerous colleagues, in addition to those cited below, are acknowledged therein.
Graphics on these pages were developed by Jennifer E. Fairman. Lisa Roberts (SEL), helped with proofing and formatting the text for the online version.
We are grateful to the combined Coleoptera staff of the National Museum of Natural History (both SEL and Smithsonian scientists) for selecting this work as a pilot project of the Coleoptera Web Site.