Biology:Cregya

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Short description: Genus of beetles

Cregya
Day 160 - Checkered Beetle - Cregya oculata, Woodbridge, Virginia.jpg
Cregya oculata
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Cleridae
Genus: Cregya
LeConte, 1861

Cregya is a genus of checkered beetles in the family Cleridae. There are over 100 described species in Cregya.[1][2]

Selected species

  • Cregya mixta (LeConte, 1866)
  • Cregya oculata (Say, 1835)
  • Cregya quadrinotata (Chevrolat, 1874)
  • Cregya quadrisignata (Spinola, 1844)

References

  1. "Cregya Genus Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/80735. Retrieved 2018-02-07. 
  2. Opitz, Weston. 2019. Classification, natural history, and evolution of the subfamily Peloniinae Opitz (Coleoptera: Cleroidea: Cleridae). Part XV. Taxonomic revision of the new world genus Cregya Leconte. Faunitaxys 7(15): 1-126.

Wikidata ☰ Q18588348 entry