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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) » Cryptocephalus nigrocinctus

Species Cryptocephalus nigrocinctus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Food · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited
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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)
Species nigrocinctus (Cryptocephalus nigrocinctus)
Explanation of Names
Cryptocephalus nigrocinctus Suffrian 1852
Identification
coloration distinctive among Florida congeners: metallic blue, sometimes with a purplish undertone, often with yellowish-orange dorsal markings (Thomas et al. 2001)
Range
s. FL (Broward, Dade, Palm Beach counties); immigrant from Puerto Rico - Map (1)(2)
Food
reported from 19 different plant families(3)
Remarks
earliest record in our area: FL 1999
Print References
Thomas M.C., Riley E.G., Clark S. 2001 (1999). Two leaf beetles new to Florida (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Insecta Mundi 13: 212. (Full text)
Works Cited
1. A distributional checklist of the beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida.
Peck & Thomas. 1998. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville. 180 pp.
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
3.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 Mike Quinn on 3 May, 2012 - 5:35am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 12 January, 2022 - 11:44am

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