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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) » Case-bearing Leaf Beetles (Cryptocephalinae) » Cryptocephalini » Cryptocephalina » Cryptocephalus » Tinctus group (Cryptocephalus Tinctus group) » Cryptocephalus falli

Species Cryptocephalus falli

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Works Cited

Cryptocephalus falli Schöller - Cryptocephalus falli

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 (Tinctus group)

Species falli (Cryptocephalus falli)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Cryptocephalus falli Schöller, 2002 is a replacement name for Cryptocephalus ochraceus Fall, 1932

Size

Length: 4.6 to 5.1 mm (1)

Identification

Elytra: Dull creamy yellow but with striae, humerus, and irregular lateral spots reddish. (1)

Range

Endemic to FL (2)

Food

Unk. per Clark et al. (2004) (3)

Remarks

Type Locality: Dunedin, Pinellas Co., Florida

See Also

- TX-LA-MO-OK

Cryptocephalus implacidus R. White

Dets. E. G. Riley 1983

TEXAS: Brazos Co. - all spmns

Print References

Fall, H.C. 1932. New Species of Cryptocephalus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Psyche 39: 21-25. (4)

Schöller, M. 2002. Taxonomy of Cryptocephalus Geoffroy: what do we know? (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae). Mitteilungen internationaler entomologischer Verein 27(1-2): 59-76. (5)

Works Cited

1.	A review of the genus Cryptocephalus in America north of Mexico (Chrysomelidae: Coleoptera). White, R.E. 1968. USNM Bulletin 290. 124 pp.

2.	Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno. 2003. Coleopterists Society.

3.	Host plants of leaf beetle species occurring in the United States and Canada Clark et al. 2004. Coleopterists Society, Special Publication no. 2, 476 pp.

4.	New Species of Cryptocephalus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) H. C. Fall. 1932. Psyche 39: 21-25.

5.	Taxonomy of Cryptocephalus Geoffroy: what do we know? (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae). M. Schöller. 2002. Mitteilungen internationaler entomologischer Verein 27(1-2): 59-76.

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 7 May, 2009 - 10:12pm
Additional contributions by Edward Ruden
Last updated 24 March, 2019 - 7:58pm

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