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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 » Arizonensis group (Cryptocephalus Arizonensis group)

Arizonensis group

Classification · Numbers · Range · Works Cited
Cryptocephalus a. arizonensis Schaeffer - Cryptocephalus arizonensis Small Black Beetle - Cryptocephalus sanguinicollis Cryptocephalus sanguinicollis sanguinicollis? - Cryptocephalus sanguinicollis Which species of beetle is this? - Cryptocephalus sanguinicollis Cryptocephalus? - Cryptocephalus sanguinicollis Cryptocephalus pallidicinctus Case-bearing Leaf Beetle - Cryptocephalus nanus id small beetle 4.2.22 - Cryptocephalus nigrocinctus
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 Arizonensis group
Numbers
5 spp. (arizonensis, nanus, nigrocinctus, sanguinicollis, pallidicinctus)(1)
Range
se. & w. NA(1)(2)
1 eastern sp. (C. nanus, WV-FL-MS-AR)
3 western spp.: C. sanguinicollis (BC-MT-CA; Mexico), C. arizonensis (AZ to TX), and C. pallidicinctus (CA)
C. nigrocinctus introduced to FL from Puerto Rico (Thomas et al. 1999)
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 - 9:33am
Additional contributions by Edward Ruden
Last updated 24 March, 2019 - 7:27pm

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