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Quercus group

Cryptocephalus quercus Schaeffer - Cryptocephalus quercus

Cryptocephalus vapidus R. White - Cryptocephalus vapidus

Cryptocephalus quercus? - Cryptocephalus quercus

Arizona Beetle for ID - Cryptocephalus quercus

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 Quercus group

Numbers

5 spp. (astralosus, atrofasciatus, quercus, umbonatus, vapidus)(1)

Range

AZ (all 5 spp.); C. atrofasciatus also in NM & CO(1)

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.

Contributed by v belov on 26 January, 2010 - 9:31am
Additional contributions by Edward Ruden
Last updated 29 March, 2019 - 8:14pm

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