Cupressi group

Classification · Numbers · Range · Works Cited

Cryptocephalus optimus Schöller - Cryptocephalus optimus

Cryptocephalus duryi Schaeffer - Cryptocephalus duryi

little beetle - Cryptocephalus irroratus

Case-Bearer Chrysomelid - Cryptocephalus castaneus

Patterned leaf beetle - Cryptocephalus leucomelas

Cryptocephalus texanus? - Cryptocephalus texanus

Cryptocephalinae, Case-bearing Leaf Beetle, dorsal - Cryptocephalus leucomelas

Cryptocephalus maccus? - Cryptocephalus maccus

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

Numbers

13 spp. (binotatus, bivius, castaneus, cupressi, disruptus, duryi, optimus, leucomelas, maccus, pseudomaccus, texanus, virginiensis)(1)

Range

Most of the US(1)(2)(3), as follows:

one widely ranging sp. (C. leucomelas MD-MN-CO-AZ-SC)

several southeastern spp. (C. optimus NJ-AR-TX-GA; C. bivius GA-FL-MS; C. virginiensis known from VA only; C. cupressi LA endemic; C. irroratus introduced to FL)

a number of western spp., incl. 2 Texan endemics (C. duryi, C. texanus), C. disruptus known from CO only, and 4 sw. spp. (C. castaneus common in CA with some AZ & NM records; C. binotatus AZ, CA; C. maccus AZ to w. TX; and C. pseudomaccus AZ)

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.	List of exotic arthropod species established in Florida

Contributed by v belov on 26 January, 2010 - 9:31am
Additional contributions by Edward Ruden
Last updated 26 March, 2019 - 8:40am

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