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Subfamily Cryptocephalinae - Case-bearing Leaf Beetles

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) » Case-bearing Leaf Beetles (Cryptocephalinae) » Cryptocephalini » Pachybrachina » Scriptured Leaf Beetles (Pachybrachis) » Striped Pachys (Pachybrachis Striped Pachys) » Pachybrachis othonus

Geographical variation in Pachybrachis othonus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) with descriptions of a new subspecies

By Edward U. Balsbaugh
Annals of the Entomological Society of America, Volume 66, Issue 2, Pages 252–261, 1973

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Contributed by Edward L. Ruden on 6 March, 2020 - 11:18am

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) » Case-bearing Leaf Beetles (Cryptocephalinae) » Cryptocephalini » Cryptocephalina » Cryptocephalus » Tinctus group (Cryptocephalus Tinctus group) » Cryptocephalus falli

Taxonomy of Cryptocephalus Geoffroy: what do we know? (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae).

By M. Schöller
Mitteilungen internationaler entomologischer Verein 27(1-2): 59-76, 2002

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Contributed by Edward L. Ruden on 24 March, 2019 - 7:55pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) » Case-bearing Leaf Beetles (Cryptocephalinae) » Cryptocephalini » Cryptocephalina » Cryptocephalus » Tinctus group (Cryptocephalus Tinctus group) » Cryptocephalus falli

New Species of Cryptocephalus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

By H. C. Fall
Psyche 39: 21-25, 1932

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Contributed by Edward L. Ruden on 24 March, 2019 - 7:45pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) » Case-bearing Leaf Beetles (Cryptocephalinae) » Cryptocephalini » Pachybrachina » Scriptured Leaf Beetles (Pachybrachis) » Black Pachys (Pachybrachis Black Pachys) » Pachybrachis nigricornis

Geographical variation in Pachybrachis nigricornis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae).

By Balsbaugh Jr, E.U. and W.L. Tucker.
The Coleopterists Bulletin 30(2): 117–131., 1976

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Balsbaugh Jr, E.U. and W.L. Tucker. 1976. Geographical variation in Pachybrachis nigricornis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 30(2): 117–131.

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Contributed by Mike Quinn on 24 July, 2017 - 9:51am

Definition and revision of spumarius species-group of North American Pachybrachis Chevrolat (Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae)

By Barney, R.J.
The Coleopterists Bulletin 71(3): 449-460., 2017

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Barney, R.J. 2017. Definition and revision of the spumarius species-group of North American Pachybrachis Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 71(3): 449-460.

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The spumarius species-group of Nearctic Pachybrachis Chevrolat, 1836 is defined and revised. The group is composed of one species: Pachybrachis spumarius Suffrian, 1852. A male specimen of P. spumarius, recently discovered in the Natural History Museum in London among some previously unrecognized type material of Suffrian, is herein designated as a lectotype.

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Contributed by Mike Quinn on 29 September, 2017 - 1:49pm

Definition and revision of the pectoralis species-group of eastern North American Pachybrachis (Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae)

By Barney
The Coleopterists Bulletin 72(3): 471-499., 2018

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Barney, R.J. 2018. Definition and revision of the pectoralis species-group of eastern North American Pachybrachis Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 72(3): 471-499.

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The pectoralis species-group of Nearctic Pachybrachis Chevrolat, 1836 is defined and revised. The group is composed of seven species:

Pachybrachis clarki Barney,
Pachybrachis diversus Fall,
Pachybrachis obsoletus Suffrian,
Pachybrachis peccans Suffrian,
Pachybrachis pectoralis (F. E. Melsheimer),

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Contributed by Mike Quinn on 8 October, 2018 - 8:46am

Definition and revision of pubescens species-group of NA Pachybrachis (Chrysomelidae), including descriptions of three n. spp.

By Barney, R.J.
The Coleopterists Bulletin, 73(4): 1017-1048., 2019

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Barney, R.J. 2019. Definition and revision of the pubescens species-group of North American Pachybrachis Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae), including descriptions of three new species. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 73(4): 1017-1048.

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The pubescens species-group of Nearctic Pachybrachis Chevrolat, 1836 is defined and revised. The group is composed of 12 species:

P. analis LeConte;
P. baja Barney, new species;
P. connexus Fall;
P. donneri Crotch;
P. gilberti Barney, new species;

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Contributed by Mike Quinn on 2 January, 2020 - 5:23pm

Revision of the Griburius scutellaris (Fabricius, 1801) species group (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae)

By Sassi, D.
Zootaxa, 5315(6): 501-548., 2023

Sassi, D. (2023) Revision of the Griburius scutellaris (Fabricius, 1801) species group (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae). Zootaxa, 5315(6): 501-548.

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Ten species of Griburius Haldeman, 1849, morphologically similar to each other, and some of their synonyms are revised, figured and discussed. Among them is G. scutellaris (Fabricius, 1801), the type species of Griburius.

Seven of the studied species are already described:

Griburius albilabris (Suffrian, 1852),
Griburius boucardi (Jacoby, 1880),
Griburius errans (Suffrian, 1852),
Griburius larvatus Newman, 1840,

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Contributed by Mike Quinn on 14 July, 2023 - 1:28pm

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