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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) » Case-bearing Leaf Beetles (Cryptocephalinae) » Cryptocephalini » Cryptocephalina » Cryptocephalus » Cuneatus group (Cryptocephalus Cuneatus group) » Cryptocephalus cuneatus

Species Cryptocephalus cuneatus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Cryptocephalus cuneatus Fall - Cryptocephalus cuneatus

Cryptocephalus sp - Cryptocephalus cuneatus

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 Cryptocephalinae (Case-bearing Leaf Beetles)

Tribe Cryptocephalini

Subtribe Cryptocephalina

Genus Cryptocephalus

No Taxon (Cuneatus group)

Species cuneatus (Cryptocephalus cuneatus)

Explanation of Names

Cryptocephalus cuneatus Fall 1932

Size

Length: 4.0 to 5.1 mm (1)

Range

se US (TX-FL-SC-OK) - Map (2)(3)

All 15 specimens in the USNM examined by White (1968) are from Florida. (1)

Food

None reported in Clark et al. (2004) (4)

Remarks

Fall's single male type specimen was from Tybee Island, Georgia. (1)

See Also

Cryptocephalus trivittatus Olivier

- Range: e US

Det. E. G. Riley 1983

Print References

Fall, H.C. 1932. New Species of Cryptocephalus (Coleoptera; Chrysomelidae). Psyche 39: 21-25. (5)

Internet References

Type - MCZ, Harvard

Works Cited

1.	A review of the genus Cryptocephalus in America north of Mexico (Chrysomelidae: Coleoptera). White, R.E. 1968. USNM Bulletin 290. 124 pp.

2.	Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno. 2003. Coleopterists Society.

3.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

4.	Host plants of leaf beetle species occurring in the United States and Canada Clark et al. 2004. Coleopterists Society, Special Publication no. 2, 476 pp.

5.	New Species of Cryptocephalus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) H. C. Fall. 1932. Psyche 39: 21-25.

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 7 May, 2009 - 10:26pm
Additional contributions by Edward Ruden
Last updated 26 June, 2022 - 12:26pm

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