Cerotoma

Cerotoma
Bean Leaf Beetle( Cerotoma trifurcata) - Cerotoma trifurcata, Meadowood Farm SRMA, Mason Neck, Virginia.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subtribe:	Diabroticina
Genus:	Cerotoma Chevrolat, 1836
Synonyms
AndrectorHorn, 1872

Cerotoma is a genus of leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are about seven described species in Cerotoma. They are found in North America and the Neotropics. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Species

These seven species belong to the genus Cerotoma:

• Cerotoma arcuata Olivier, 1791
• Cerotoma atrofasciata Jacoby, 1879
• Cerotoma dilatipes Jacoby, 1888
• Cerotoma rubrimarginata (Lever, 1930)
• Cerotoma ruficornis (Olivier, 1791)
• Cerotoma trifurcata (Forster, 1771) (bean leaf beetle)
• Cerotoma variegata Fabricius, 1792

References

1. "Cerotoma Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
2. "Cerotoma". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
3. "Cerotoma genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.

Further reading

• Riley, Edward G.; Clark, Shawn M.; Seeno, Terry N. (2003). Catalog of the leaf beetles of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae and Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae). Special Publication No. 1. The Coleopterists' Society. ISBN   978-0-9726087-1-8.
• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6: Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books. ISBN   978-90-04-26091-7.