Species Cryptocephalus aulicus

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

Cryptocephalus aulicus Haldeman - Cryptocephalus aulicus

Cryptocephalus aulicus? - Cryptocephalus aulicus

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 aulicus (Cryptocephalus aulicus)

Explanation of Names

Cryptocephalus aulicus Haldeman 1849

Size

Length: 6.0 to 7.5 mm. (1)

Identification

Pronotum: Red to orange with two basal oblique spots.

Elytra: Creamy yellow to orange with dark spots. (1)

Range

FL, GA (2)

Forty specimens examined by White (1968), all collected in Florida. Previous papers have included Georgia as part of the distribution of the species, but no specimens from this state were in the USNM collection. The northernmost record among the individuals I have seen is from Enterprise, Florida, just south of Daytona Beach. (1)

See Also

From above, somewhat similar to:

Griburius larvatus

But head, verso and leg coloration all significantly different.

Print References

Haldeman, S.S. 1849. Cryptocephalinarum Boreali-Americae diagnoses cum speciebus novis musei Lecontiani. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1: 245-265.

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.

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 7 May, 2009 - 10:58pm
Additional contributions by Edward Ruden
Last updated 25 March, 2019 - 8:49pm

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