Cryptocephalini
Tribe of beetles
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The Cryptocephalini are a tribe within the leaf beetle subfamily Cryptocephalinae.[1] As the other Cryptocephalinae, they belong to the group of case-bearing leaf beetles known as Camptosomata.[2] Some species are myrmecophilous.[3]
| Cryptocephalini | |
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| Cryptocephalus nitidus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Cryptocephalinae |
| Tribe: | Cryptocephalini Gyllenhaal, 1813 |
| Genera | |
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Several, see text | |
Selected genera
- Aporocera Saunders, 1842[4]
- Bassareus Haldeman, 1849[4]
- Cadmus Erichson, 1842[4]
- Coenobius Suffrian, 1857
- Cryptocephalus Chapuis, 1875
- Diachus J.L.LeConte, 1880[4]
- Ditropidus Erichson, 1842
- Lexiphanes Gistel, 1836
- Loxopleurus Suffrian, 1859
- Pycnophthalma Maulik, 1929
- Triachus J.L.LeConte, 1880[4]