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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 » Cupressi group (Cryptocephalus Cupressi group) » Cryptocephalus duryi

Species Cryptocephalus duryi

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Cryptocephalus duryi Schaeffer - Cryptocephalus duryi

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 (Cupressi group)

Species duryi (Cryptocephalus duryi)

Explanation of Names

Cryptocephalus duryi Schaeffer, 1906

"dedicated with pleasure to Mr. Chas. Dury to whom I am indebted for the single specimen." (Schaeffer 1906)

Size

Length: 4.5 to 5.6 mm (1)

Identification

Det. M. A. Quinn, 2011

Range

sw & southmost TX / ne. Mex. - Map (2)

Food

coll'ed in s. TX from narrowleaf willow (Salix exigua, Salicaceae) (3)

Remarks

Type Locality: Brownsville, [Cameron Co.] Texas, May 5, 1903. (Schaeffer 1906), (1)

The seven specimens examined by White (1968) in the USNM are all from southern Texas. (1)

See Also

Cryptocephalus Cupressi group

Print References

Schaeffer, C. 1906. On new and known genera and species of the family Chrysomelidae. Brooklyn Institute Museum Science Bulletin 1(9): 221-253. (Full Text)

Internet References

Type Info - Smithsonian

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.

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 7 May, 2009 - 10:27pm
Additional contributions by Edward Ruden
Last updated 24 July, 2021 - 1:43pm

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