Species Bassareus brunnipes

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Range · See Also · Works Cited

Bassareus brunnipes (Olivier) - Bassareus brunnipes

Bassareus brunnipes or clathratus? - Bassareus brunnipes

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)

Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Long-horned and Leaf Beetles)

Family Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)

Subfamily Cryptocephalinae (Case-bearing Leaf Beetles)

Tribe Cryptocephalini

Subtribe Cryptocephalina

Genus Bassareus

Species brunnipes (Bassareus brunnipes)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Orig. Comb: Cryptocephalus brunnipes Olivier 1791 (1792)

Explanation of Names

brunni-pes - Latin for brown foot (1)

Range

TX-FL-NC-KS (also NJ?) (2)

See Also

Bassareus clathratus (F. E. Melsheimer)

Works Cited

1.	Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms By Donald J. Borror

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

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 11 January, 2006 - 2:01pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz
Last updated 30 June, 2010 - 4:16am

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