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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Long-horned and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) » The Casebearers (Cryptocephalinae) » Cryptocephalini » Cryptocephalus

Genus Cryptocephalus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Season · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Colorful Leaf Beetle - Cryptocephalus notatus

Cryptocephaline? - Cryptocephalus tinctus

Small brown beetles - Cryptocephalus spurcus

Cryptocephalus bivius? - Cryptocephalus leucomelas

Cryptocephalus amatus Haldeman - Cryptocephalus amatus

Cryptocephalus mutabilis F. E. Melsheimer - Cryptocephalus mutabilis

Leaf beetle (2) - Cryptocephalus notatus

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 (The Casebearers)

Tribe Cryptocephalini

Genus Cryptocephalus

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Genus erected by Étienne Louis Geoffroy 1762 [not by Müller 1764, per ICZN Opinion]

Explanation of Names

Greek kryptos (κρυπτος) 'hidden' + kephale (κεφαλη) 'head'

Numbers

77 spp. north of Mexico(1)

Identification

Visual guide to our fauna provided in(2); keys and latest revision, in(3)

Range

throughout the US and adjacent Canada(1)

Season

Summer to fall, typically March or May to September (in NC)

Food

Plant associations for adults are numerous, and many probably incidental(1)

See Also

Bassareus, Griburius, Pachybrachis

Print References

Riley, E.G. & A.J. Gilbert. 1999 (2000). Three new species of Cryptocephalus Geoffroy from the United States and a new United States record (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Cryptocephalinae). Occasional Papers of the Consortium Coleopterorum 3(1): 30-35.

Brimley(4)

Balsbaugh & Hays(5)

Internet References

Key to Alabama spp. (Auburn University)

Works Cited

1.	American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea By Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.)

2.	North American Cryptocephalus species (Chrysomelidae, Cryptocephalinae), by Mike Quinn

3.	A Review of the Genus Cryptocephalus in America North of Mexico (Chrysomelidae: Coleoptera). By Richard E. White. 1968.

4.	Insects of North Carolina By C.S. Brimley

5.	The leaf beetles of Alabama By Edward Balsbaugh and Kirby Hays

Contributed by Cotinis on 24 October, 2004 - 11:03am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Chuck Entz, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 17 April, 2010 - 10:05am

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