Cryptocephalus sericeus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chrysomeloidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Cucujiformia Cladus: Phytophaga Superfamilia: Chrysomeloidea

Familia: Chrysomelidae
Subfamilia: Cryptocephalinae
Tribus: Cryptocephalini
Subtribus: Cryptocephalina
Genus: Cryptocephalus
Subgenus: Cryptocephalus (Cryptocephalus)
Species: Cryptocephalus sericeus

Name

Cryptocephalus sericeus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Placed on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology by Opinion 1754.

Synonymy

Chrysomela sericea Linnaeus, 1758: 374
Cryptocephalus pratorum Suffrian, 1847: 131
Cryptocephalus robustus Suffrian, 1853: 113
Cryptocephalus bidens C. G. Thomson, 1868: 274
Cryptocephalus aureolus Seidlitz, 1875: 475 [junior homonym of Cryptocephalus aureolus Suffrian, 1847]
Cryptocephalus coeruleus Weise, 1881: 183 [junior homonym of Cryptocephalus coeruleus Olivier, 1790]
Cryptocephalus sericeus var. purpureicolor Pic, 1914: 11
Cryptocephalus sericeus var. semiviridescens Pic, 1914: 12
Cryptocephalus sericeus monticola f. lydiae Depoli, 1926: 14
Cryptocephalus bidens var. semilimbaticollis Pic, 1941: 15

References

Primary references

ICZN 1994. Opinion 1754. Histoire abrégée des insectes qui se trouve aux environs de Paris (Geoffroy, 1762): some generic names conserved (Crustacea, Insecta). The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 51(1): 58–70. BHL. Reference page.
Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. i–ii, 1–824 pp DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542: 374. Reference page.
Suffrian, E. 1847. Revision der Europäischen Arten der Gattung Cryptocephalus. Linnaea Entomologica 2: 1–194. BHL.
Thomson, C.G. 1868: Skandinaviens Coleoptera, synoptiskt bearbetade. Tom. X. Lund: Lundbergska Boktryckeriet, 420 pp. BHL Reference page.
Weise, J. 1881. Chrysomelidae. Lieferung 1. Pp. 1–192. In: Naturgeschichte der Insecten Deutschlands. Erste Abteilung Coleoptera. Sechster Band. [1893]. Berlin: Nicolaische Verlags-Buchhandlung, xiv + 1161, 1 pl. [issued in parts]. BHL

Additional references

Löbl, I. & Smetana, A.. 2011. Errata to Volumes 1 to 6. Pp. 23–63. In: Löbl, I. & Smetana, A. (eds) Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 7. Curculionoidea I. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark. 373 pp. ISBN 978-87-88757-93-4. Google Books.
Lopatin, I., Smetana, A. & Schöller, M. 2010. Genus Cryptocephalus Geoffroy, 1762. Pp. 580–606. In: Löbl, I. & Smetana, A. (eds.) Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark. 924 pp. ISBN 978-87-88757-84-2. Google Books. Reference page.
Sassi, D. 2014. Taxonomic remarks, phylogeny and evolutionary notes on the leaf beetle species belonging to the Cryptocephalus sericeus complex (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae). Zootaxa 3857(3): 333–378. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3857.3.2 Reference page. [zambanellus Marseul, 1875 raised to species rank, intrusus Weise, 1881 synonymised with zambanellus]

Links

Cryptocephalus sericeus Taxon details on Fauna Europaea
ZooBank: 966291DC-DF49-41A8-B403-D8DDB803CF7E
Cryptocephalus sericeus (L., 1758) - photo by D.I. Gavryushin

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Seidiger Fallkäfer, Grünblauer Fallkäfer
lietuvių: Žaliasis paslėptagalvis
Nederlands: Groen steilkopje
русский: Скрытоглав шелковистый