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''Cryptocephalus'' is a genus of
leaf beetle The insects of the beetle family Chrysomelidae are commonly known as leaf beetles, and include over 37,000 (and probably at least 50,000) species in more than 2,500 genera, making up one of the largest and most commonly encountered of all beetle ...
s in the subfamily
Cryptocephalinae The Cryptocephalinae are a subfamily of the leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae), and belong to the group of case-bearing leaf beetles called the Camptosomata. The tribes Fulcidacini and Clytrini The Clytrini are a tribe within the leaf beetle sub ...
and belonging to the group of case-bearing leaf beetles called the
Camptosomata Camptosomata are the case-bearing leaf beetles or camptosomates, named for their larval habit of carrying a case of waste material. This group consists of two subfamilies of Chrysomelidae (leaf beetles): Lamprosomatinae and Cryptocephalinae (whi ...
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Cryptocephalus nitidus ''Cryptocephalus'' is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Cryptocephalinae and belonging to the group of case-bearing leaf beetles called the Camptosomata Camptosomata are the case-bearing leaf beetles or camptosomates, named for their la ...
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Cryptocephalus sericeus ''Cryptocephalus sericeus'' is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae, subfamily Cryptocephalinae. Subspecies Subspecies include: *''Cryptocephalus sericeus sericeus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) *''Cryptocephalus sericeus zambanellus'' (Marseul, ...
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See also

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List of Cryptocephalus species These 384 species belong to ''Cryptocephalus'', a genus of case-bearing leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. ''Cryptocephalus'' species A partial list of species include: * ''Cryptocephalus abdominalis'' * ''Cryptocephalus abhorens'' Suffria ...


References


External links

* * European Chrysomelidae
''Cryptocephalus''
by Lech Borowiec. Retrieved 2007-JAN-08.

{{Taxonbar, from=Q1755293 Cryptocephalinae Chrysomelidae genera Taxa named by Étienne Louis Geoffroy