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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) » Case-bearing Leaf Beetles (Cryptocephalinae) » Cryptocephalini » Cryptocephalina » Bassareus » Bassareus mammifer

Species Bassareus mammifer

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited

Bassareus mammifer (Newman) - Bassareus mammifer

Case-bearing Leaf Beetle - Bassareus mammifer - female

Basalis leaf beetle - Bassareus mammifer

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles)

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 Bassareus

Species mammifer (Bassareus mammifer)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Bassareus mammifer (Newman)

Orig. Comb: Cryptocephalus mammifer Newman 1840

Explanation of Names

Bassar (G). a fox

mammi (L). teat (1)

Numbers

One of 8 spp. (and many varieties) north of Mexico (2)

Size

~6 mm (BG data)

Identification

Dets. E. G. Riley

Range

e NA to AB (TX-FL-QC-AB) (3)

Season

Most records: Jun-Jul (BG data)

Food

Reported from 11 plant families (4)

See Also

- Range: e NA to Rockies

Cryptocephalus quadruplex Newman

Det. M. A. Quinn, 2013

Internet References

Texas Entomology - Mike Quinn, 2006

Works Cited

1.	Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.

2.	American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.

3.	Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno. 2003. Coleopterists Society.

4.	Host plants of leaf beetle species occurring in the United States and Canada Clark et al. 2004. Coleopterists Society, Special Publication no. 2, 476 pp.

Contributed by Jim McClarin on 6 January, 2006 - 9:30pm
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, Mike Quinn, ceiseman
Last updated 3 April, 2022 - 3:45pm

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