Cryptocephalini

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Cryptocephalini
An unidentified species of Cryptocephalus
An unidentified species of Cryptocephalus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Infraclass: Neoptera
Superorder: Endopterygota
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Chrysomeloidea
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Cryptocephalinae
Tribe: Cryptocephalini
Gyllenhaal, 1813
Genera

Several, see text

The Cryptocephalini are a tribe within the leaf beetle subfamily Cryptocephalinae. As the other Cryptocephalinae, they belong to the group of case-bearing leaf beetles known as Camptosomata.

[edit] Selected genera[verification needed]

  • Bassareus Haldeman, 1849
  • Cryptocephalus
  • Diachus J.L.LeConte, 1880
  • Griburius Haldeman, 1849
  • Lexiphanes Gistel, 1836
  • Pachybrachis
  • Triachus J.L.LeConte, 1880

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