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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) » Criocerinae

Subfamily Criocerinae

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Season · Works Cited
Disonycha sp? - Lema daturaphila Eggs - Lema solani Twelve-spotted Asparagus Beetle - Crioceris duodecimpunctata - Crioceris duodecimpunctata Neolema sexpunctata Oulema sayi? - Oulema Six-spotted Neolema A - Neolema sexpunctata Oulema sayi Leaf beetle – genus Oulema? - Oulema sayi
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Longhorn and Leaf Beetles)
Family Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)
Subfamily Criocerinae
Other Common Names
Shining Leaf Beetles
Explanation of Names
Criocerinae Latreille 1807
Numbers
44 spp. in our area(1), ~1,500 spp. in ~20 genera worldwide(2)
Identification
revision in(1)
Range
worldwide
Season
Overwinter as adults(1)
Works Cited
1.A revision of the subfamily Criocerinae (Chrysomelidae) of North America north of Mexico.
Richard E. White. 1993. USDA-ARS, Beltsville, MD.
2.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 3 March, 2005 - 8:43am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Boris Bueche, v belov
Last updated 27 March, 2013 - 9:00pm

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