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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 » Confluentus group (Cryptocephalus Confluentus group)

Confluentus group

Classification · Numbers · Range · Works Cited
Cryptocephalus alternans jungovittatus R. White - Cryptocephalus alternans Cryptocephalus alternans Suffrian - Cryptocephalus alternans Cryptocephalus s. spurcus J. L. LeConte - Cryptocephalus spurcus NL No. 4 Maybe Leaf Beetle (Cryptocephalus fulguratus)? - Cryptocephalus fulguratus Cryptocephalus sp. - Cryptocephalus Cryptocephalus sp? - Cryptocephalus Cryptocephalus confluentus from North Central TX - Cryptocephalus confluentus Cryptocephalus fulguratus? - Cryptocephalus fulguratus
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 Confluentus group
Numbers
10 nominate spp. (alternans, brunneovittatus, cerinus, confluentus, defectus, dorsatus, fulguratus, luteolus, pumilus, spurcus), but defectus & luteolus may turn out to be but pale forms of C. nanus F. (Ed Riley, pers. comm. to Mike Quinn, 29.i.2010)
Range
across NA, but most diverse in the West and southeast(1)(2)
C. spurcus BC‒CA‒TX
C. confluentus AB‒MT‒NE to CA‒NM
C. alternans jungovittatus AZ‒CA
C. cerinus TX‒CA‒NV
C. defectus & C. dorsatus TX
C. fulguratus MO to TX & MS
C. brunneovittatus LA‒TX; Mexico
C. pumilus Coastal States from NJ‒FL‒TX
C. luteolus FL, TX
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 - 9:34am
Additional contributions by Edward Ruden
Last updated 4 October, 2023 - 6:45am

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