Genus Griburius

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Habitat · Print References · Works Cited

Griburius rileyi Sassi - Griburius rileyi

Insect on Plumbago plant - Griburius larvatus

Griburius sp. in S. Florida - Griburius larvatus

Griburius montezuma? - Griburius montezuma

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 Pachybrachina

Genus Griburius

Explanation of Names

Griburius Haldeman 1849

Numbers

6 spp. in our area(1)(2), many more further south(3)

Range

se US to AZ / Mex. to S. Amer. (3)

Habitat

Larvae have been found in buzzard's nests and in a packrat (Neotoma) nest(3)

Print References

Beamer R.H. (1926) Notes on Griburius montezuma (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 11: 209-210.

Riley E.G., Clark S.M., Gilbert A.J. (2001) New records, nomenclatural changes, and taxonomic notes for select North American leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Insecta Mundi, 15: 1-17. (4)

Works Cited

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

2.	Revision of the Griburius scutellaris (Fabricius, 1801) species group (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae) Sassi, D. 2023. Zootaxa, 5315(6): 501-548.

3.	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.

4.	New records, nomenclatural changes, and taxonomic notes for select North American leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Riley, E.G., S.M. Clark, and A.J. Gilbert. 2001. Insecta Mundi 176: 1-17.

Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 4 May, 2006 - 9:47pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 14 July, 2023 - 3:11pm

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