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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) » Case-bearing Leaf Beetles (Cryptocephalinae) » Cryptocephalini » Cryptocephalina » Cryptocephalus » Tinctus group (Cryptocephalus Tinctus group)

Tinctus group

Classification · Numbers · Range · Works Cited
tiny beetle - chrysomelid? - Cryptocephalus Leaf Beetle - Cryptocephalus tinctus small chrysomelid - Cryptocephalus Unknown Cryptocephalus - Cryptocephalus 070812Beetle1 - Cryptocephalus falli Cryptocephalus tinctus ? - Cryptocephalus tinctus Small Leaf Beetle - Anterior Lateral - Cryptocephalus Cryptocephalus tinctus? - Cryptocephalus tinctus
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 Tinctus group
Numbers
6 spp. (falli, implacidus, lateritius, schreibersii, striatulus, tinctus)(1)
Range
e. US west to IA-TX(2)
C. schreibersii MA-WI-MS-FL
C. tinctus MA-IA-KS-SC
C. striatulus QC-IA-OK-VA
C. implacidus MO-TX-LA
C. lateritius NC-FL
C. falli FL
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 v belov on 26 January, 2010 - 9:32am
Additional contributions by Edward Ruden
Last updated 21 August, 2021 - 1:52pm

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