Bassareus (beetle)
| Bassareus | |
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| Bassareus brunnipes | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Tribe: | Cryptocephalini |
| Genus: | Bassareus Haldeman, 1849 |
Bassareus is a genus of case-bearing leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are about eight described species in Bassareus.[1][2][3][4]
Species
[edit]- Bassareus areolatus (Suffrian, 1852)
- Bassareus brunnipes (Olivier, 1791)
- Bassareus clathratus (F. E. Melsheimer, 1847)
- Bassareus croceipennis J. L. LeConte, 1880
- Bassareus detritus (Olivier, 1808)
- Bassareus formosus (F. E. Melsheimer, 1847)
- Bassareus lituratus (Fabricius, 1801)
- Bassareus mammifer (Newman, 1840)
References
[edit]- ^ "Bassareus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
- ^ "Bassareus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
- ^ "Bassareus Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
- ^ "North American Cryptocephalus species (Chrysomelidae, Cryptocephalinae)". Texas Entomology. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
Further reading
[edit]- Arnett, R. H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (21 June 2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida.
- Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
- White, Richard E. (1968). A Review of the Genus Cryptocephalus in America North of Mexico. Smithsonian Institution Press.
- White, Richard E. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.
- 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.
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