Cryptocephalus quadruplex

Cryptocephalus quadruplex
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Genus:	Cryptocephalus
Species:	C. quadruplex
Binomial name
Cryptocephalus quadruplex Newman, 1841

Cryptocephalus quadruplex is a species of case-bearing leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]} It is found in North America. ^{[1] [6]}

Cryptocephaline larva in its case

Case-bearing leaf beetles are named so because the larvae construct protective cases from their fecal matter and sometimes plant debris. ^[4]

References

1. "Cryptocephalus quadruplex Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
2. "Cryptocephalus quadruplex species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
3. "Cryptocephalus quadruplex". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
4. "Cryptocephalus quadruplex Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
5. "Cryptocephalus quadruplex Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
6. "North American Cryptocephalus species (Chrysomelidae, Cryptocephalinae)". Texas Entomology. Retrieved 2018-03-16.

Further reading

• Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN   978-0849309540.
• Clark, S.M.; Le Doux, D.G.; Riley, E.G.; Gilbert, A.J.; et al. (2004). Host Plants of Leaf Beetle Species Occurring in the United States and Canada. Coleopterists Society. ISBN   9780972608732.
• LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.38459 . ISBN   0665100558.
• Riley, Edward G.; Clark, Shawn M.; Gilbert, Arthur J. (2001). "New records, nomenclatural changes, and taxonomic notes for select North American leaf beetles". Insecta Mundi. 15 (1): 1–17. Archived from the original on 2019-03-29. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
• 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. The Coleopterists Society. ISBN   0-9726087-1-0.
• White, Richard E. (1968). A Review of the Genus Cryptocephalus in America North of Mexico (Chrysomelidae: Coleoptera). USNM Bulletin 290. Smithsonian Institution Press.
• White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides) . Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN   0395910897.

External links

• Media related to Cryptocephalus quadruplex at Wikimedia Commons