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Species Cryptocephalus tinctus

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Long-horned and Leaf Beetles)
Family Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)
Subfamily Cryptocephalinae (Case-bearing Leaf Beetles)
Tribe Cryptocephalini
Subtribe Cryptocephalina
Genus Cryptocephalus
No Taxon (Tinctus group)
Species tinctus (Cryptocephalus tinctus)
Explanation of Names
Cryptocephalus tinctus LeConte 1880
Identification
elytral striae (rows of dots) mostly entire, rather then largely confused or double
Range
throughout e. US (MA-IA-KS-SC)(1)
Remarks
See discussion at
See Also
C. lateritius
Works Cited
1.Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico
Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno. 2003. Coleopterists Society.
Contributed by tom murray on 22 April, 2007 - 8:33pm
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 3 January, 2017 - 3:51pm

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