Biology:Cerotoma

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Short description: Genus of beetles

Cerotoma
Bean Leaf Beetle - Cerotoma trifurcata, Meadowood Farm SRMA, Mason Neck, Virginia.jpg
Bean Leaf Beetle( Cerotoma trifurcata) - Cerotoma trifurcata, Meadowood Farm SRMA, Mason Neck, Virginia.
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Tribe: Luperini
Genus: Cerotoma
Chevrolat, 1836

Cerotoma is a genus of leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are about seven described species in Cerotoma. They are found in North America and the Neotropics.[1][2][3]

Species

These seven species belong to the genus Cerotoma:

  • Cerotoma arcuata Olivier, 1791
  • Cerotoma atrofasciata Jacoby, 1879
  • Cerotoma dilatipes Jacoby, 1888
  • Cerotoma rubrimarginata (Lever, 1930)
  • Cerotoma ruficornis (Olivier, 1791)
  • Cerotoma trifurcata (Forster, 1771) (bean leaf beetle)
  • Cerotoma variegata Fabricius, 1792

References

Further reading

  • 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 No. 1. The Coleopterists' Society. ISBN 978-0-9726087-1-8. 
  • Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6: Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books. 2013. ISBN 978-90-04-26091-7. 

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