Species Cryptocephalus binotatus

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

Cryptocephalus binotatus R. White - Cryptocephalus binotatus

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 binotatus (Cryptocephalus binotatus)

Explanation of Names

Cryptocephalus binotatus R. White 1968

species named for the type spmn which has two dark pronotal spots. (1)

Size

Length: 4.1 to 5.0 mm (1)

Range

CA-AZ (2)

Food

No host records reported by Clark et al. (2004) (3)

Remarks

The species is described from ten specimens.

The holotype (female, USNM type number 69248) was taken at Yuma, Arizona, in June, 1909 by A. McLachlan. (1)

See Also

The species is separable from its nearest relative duryi by the development of the pronotal stripes and the elytral punctures.

In duryi, the pronotal stripes are sharply delimited and complete; in binotatus, they are irregular and less sharply delimited to incomplete, much reduced, or even absent.

The elytral punctures of duryi are quite large, confused, and have only faintly evident (or no) traces of alignment into rows.

There is a tendency toward lateral interconnection of the discal punctures by reddish pigment. The elytral punctures of binotatus are smaller, distinctly aligned into rows at least apically, sometimes also basally (and even throughout in some males), and the punctures are infrequently interconnected by pigment. (1)

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 - 10:29pm
Additional contributions by Edward Ruden
Last updated 10 January, 2024 - 1:09pm

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