BRC HOME » Database of Insects and their Food Plants

Database of Insects and their Food Plants

Home | Background | Invertebrate families | Search for Invertebrates | Search for Host plants | Search for Sources | Links

Home of the Database of Insects and their Food Plants © Roger Key Family   Chrysomelidae Sub Family   Cryptocephalinae Description   a sub-family of the Chrysomelidae Background to Family   Twenty-four species, of which 20 occur in the main genus, Cryptocephalus. This includes many scarce species with poorly known life histories. Some develop in specific association with herbaceous plants, while others are linked to a range of broadleaved trees (especially birch, Betula; willows, Salix, and hazel, Corylus), where larvae feed on dead foliage and litter. Most records refer to adults feeding on foliage. The species of Clytra develop as case-bearing larvae in ants nests, where they consume fragments of vegetation.     © Roger Key No. taxa in DBIF   _ No. interactions   _ % interactions with British data   _ No. records   _ % taxa with British data   _ Notes   Old data currently unassessed by a specialist for changes in nomenclature, errors in original sources, or for misspellings. New material added from Cox, 2007 (Atlas of the seed and leaf beetles of Britain and Ireland. Pisces Publications, UK).; ; Notes on Sources   Please see sources at the family level; Please see sources at the family level; Please see sources at the family level Most recent source   2007 Below is a list of all sources for this family / sub-family contained within DBIF. Click on source name for a list of all records for this source.   Source   Ashe (1924) Source   Mohr, K.H., in eds. Freude, H., Harde, K.W. & Lohse, G.A. (1966) Die kafer Mitteleuropas. 88. Familie: Chrysomelidae 9 95-299:143 Source   Massee (1947) Source   Cox, M.L. (1976) The taxonomy and biology of the British Chrysomelidae 2 141-375:272 Source   Mohr, K.H., in eds. Freude, H., Harde, K.W. & Lohse, G.A. (1966) Die kafer Mitteleuropas. 88. Familie: Chrysomelidae 9 95-299:128 Source   Mohr, K.H., in eds. Freude, H., Harde, K.W. & Lohse, G.A. (1966) Die kafer Mitteleuropas. 88. Familie: Chrysomelidae 9 95-299:138 Source   Cox (1976) Source   Walsh, G.B. & Dibb, J.R.(1954) Amat. Ent. 11 83-98:84 Source   Walsh, G.B. & Dibb, J.R.(1954) Amat. Ent. 11 83-98:89 Source   Cox, M.L. (2007) Source   Cox, M.L. (1976) The taxonomy and biology of the British Chrysomelidae 2 141-375:275 Source   Mohr, K.H., in eds. Freude, H., Harde, K.W. & Lohse, G.A. (1966) Die kafer Mitteleuropas. 88. Familie: Chrysomelidae 9 95-299:140 Source   Cox, M.L. (1976) The taxonomy and biology of the British Chrysomelidae 2 141-375:274 Source   Mohr, K.H., in eds. Freude, H., Harde, K.W. & Lohse, G.A. (1966) Die kafer Mitteleuropas. 88. Familie: Chrysomelidae 9 95-299:129 Source   Walsh, G.B. & Dibb, J.R.(1954) Amat. Ent. 11 83-98:94 Source   Cox M.L. (2007) Source   Piper and Hodge (2000) Source   Allen, A.A. (1984) Comments on 1954 edition of Coleopterist's Handbook :3 Source   Erber (1988) Source   Denton (1997) Source   Mohr, K.H., in eds. Freude, H., Harde, K.W. & Lohse, G.A. (1966) Die kafer Mitteleuropas. 88. Familie: Chrysomelidae 9 95-299:132 Source   Mohr, K.H., in eds. Freude, H., Harde, K.W. & Lohse, G.A. (1966) Die kafer Mitteleuropas. 88. Familie: Chrysomelidae 9 95-299:139 Source   Wilson, F.(1943) Bull. Coun. scient. ind. Res., Melb. 169 1-87:58 Source   Mohr, K.H., in eds. Freude, H., Harde, K.W. & Lohse, G.A. (1966) Die kafer Mitteleuropas. 88. Familie: Chrysomelidae 9 95-299:141 Source   Allen, A.A. (1984) Comments on 1954 edition of Coleopterist's Handbook :2 Source   Mohr, K.H., in eds. Freude, H., Harde, K.W. & Lohse, G.A. (1966) Die kafer Mitteleuropas. 88. Familie: Chrysomelidae 9 95-299:134 Source   Mohr, K.H., in eds. Freude, H., Harde, K.W. & Lohse, G.A. (1966) Die kafer Mitteleuropas. 88. Familie: Chrysomelidae 9 95-299:127 Source   Mohr, K.H., in eds. Freude, H., Harde, K.W. & Lohse, G.A. (1966) Die kafer Mitteleuropas. 88. Familie: Chrysomelidae 9 95-299:117 Source   Cox, M.L. (1976) The taxonomy and biology of the British Chrysomelidae 2 141-375:273 Source   Richards (1927) Hobby (1955) Source   Allen, A.A. (1984) Comments on 1954 edition of Coleopterist's Handbook :7 Source   Allen, A.A. (1984) Comments on 1954 edition of Coleopterist's Handbook :1 Source   Mohr, K.H., in eds. Freude, H., Harde, K.W. & Lohse, G.A. (1966) Die kafer Mitteleuropas. 88. Familie: Chrysomelidae 9 95-299:136 Source   Mohr, K.H., in eds. Freude, H., Harde, K.W. & Lohse, G.A. (1966) Die kafer Mitteleuropas. 88. Familie: Chrysomelidae 9 95-299:144 Source   Mohr, K.H., in eds. Freude, H., Harde, K.W. & Lohse, G.A. (1966) Die kafer Mitteleuropas. 88. Familie: Chrysomelidae 9 95-299:131 Source   Mohr, K.H., in eds. Freude, H., Harde, K.W. & Lohse, G.A. (1966) Die kafer Mitteleuropas. 88. Familie: Chrysomelidae 9 95-299:120 Source   Allen, A.A. (1984) Comments on 1954 edition of Coleopterist's Handbook :6 Source   Mohr, K.H., in eds. Freude, H., Harde, K.W. & Lohse, G.A. (1966) Die kafer Mitteleuropas. 88. Familie: Chrysomelidae 9 95-299:142 Source   Mohr, K.H., in eds. Freude, H., Harde, K.W. & Lohse, G.A. (1966) Die kafer Mitteleuropas. 88. Familie: Chrysomelidae 9 95-299:119