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Species Cryptocephalus insertus

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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 (Calidus group)
Species insertus (Cryptocephalus insertus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Cryptocephalus insertus Haldeman, 1849
Range
AL-FL-ME-NY (1)
Print References
Haldeman, S.S. 1849. Cryptocephalinarum Boreali-Americae diagnoses cum speciebus novis Musei Lecontiani. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. (ser. 2) 1: 245-265.
Internet References
Type - MCZ, Harvard
Works Cited
1.Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico
Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno. 2003. Coleopterists Society.
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 24 August, 2007 - 5:30pm
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, Mike Quinn
Last updated 8 March, 2024 - 7:47pm

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