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Confluentus group

Cryptocephalus fulguratus LeConte - Cryptocephalus fulguratus

Which Cryptocephalus? - Cryptocephalus alternans

Case-Bearer Chrysomelid? - Cryptocephalus

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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