Superfamily Chrysomeloidea - Long-horned and Leaf Beetles

Revision recognizes 44 species of Criocerinae in America north of Mexico. For each species there is a description, drawings, and a map showing the range.

Twelve species are described as new.

White, R.E. 1993. Revision of the Subfamily Criocerinae (Chrysomelidae) of North America North of Mexico. USDA-ARS Tech. Bull. 1805. v + 158 pp., 32 plates.

Wilcox, J.A. 1972. A Review of the North American Chrysomeline Leaf Beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). New York Museum and Science Service Bulletin No. 421. 37 pp., 162 figs.

Presents a checklist and compilation of keys to 136 North American species of Chrysomelinae.

Copies available HERE

Abstract: A fully illustrated key with over 800 habitus and character photographs (most in color) is presented to allow the easy identification of eastern U.S. Cerambycidae. Of the 400 species of Cerambycidae that occur east of the Rocky Mountains (but excluding southern and western Texas), 377 species are treated in the key. Only uncommonly collected or isolated taxa from the Great Plains, Great Lakes Region, or extreme upper New England are excluded. Nine invasive Cerambycidae known or suspected to be established in the eastern U.S. are also included in the key.

The key includes 417 couplets that are arranged such that most taxa will key out in less than 20 couplets and 10 minutes. The key uses only easily seen external characters, never requires dissection, and never requires both sexes of a species to be available. It emphasizes ease of identification over constraining genera, tribes, or subfamilies to remain together. Unless otherwise specified, all nomenclature follows the latest checklist of Cerambycidae of the Western Hemisphere by Monné & Hovore (2006).