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Badius group

Cryptocephalus triundulatus R. White - Cryptocephalus triundulatus Beetle. What genus and species? - Cryptocephalus incertus Cryptocephalini - Cryptocephalus triundulatus Cryptocephalus badius Cryptocephalus badius Small beetle on milkweed - Cryptocephalus badius Cryptocephalus badius Cryptocephalus badius
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 Badius group
Numbers
5 spp. (badius, contextus, cowaniae, incertus, triundulatus)(1)
Range
2 eastern (badius PA-FL-OK; incertus NH-FL) ans 3 southwestern (all in AZ, one also in TX) spp.(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 - 8:11pm

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