Biology:Cerotoma
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Short description: Genus of beetles
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| Bean Leaf Beetle( Cerotoma trifurcata) - Cerotoma trifurcata, Meadowood Farm SRMA, Mason Neck, Virginia. | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q11839676 entry
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