Griburius

Griburius
G. larvatus in Key Largo, Florida
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:	Cryptocephalinae
Tribe:	Pachybrachini
Genus:	Griburius Haldeman, 1849

Griburius is a genus of case-bearing leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are many species, with about six described species that occur in the US. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Species [select few predominant in USA]

• Griburius equestris (Olivier, 1808)
• Griburius larvatus (Newman, 1840)
• Griburius lecontii Crotch, 1873
• Griburius montezuma (Suffrian, 1852)
• Griburius rileyi Sassi, 2023
• Griburius scutellaris Fabricius, 1801

References

1. "Griburius Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Iowa State University. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
2. "Griburius Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
3. White, Richard E. (1968). A Review of the Genus Cryptocephalus in America North of Mexico. Smithsonian Institution Press.
4. "North American Cryptocephalus species (Chrysomelidae, Cryptocephalinae)". Texas Entomology. Mike Quinn. Retrieved 25 January 2018.

Further reading

• Arnett, R. H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (21 June 2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida ISBN   978-0-8493-0954-0.
• Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN   978-0-8493-0212-1.
• Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.
• Riley, Edward G., Shawn M. Clark, and Terry N. Seeno (2003). "Catalog of the leaf beetles of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae and Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae)". Coleopterists Society Special Publication no. 1, 290.

External links

• Media related to Griburius at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Griburius at Wikispecies