Cryptocephalus Geoffroy 1762 (leaf beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae

Full reference: E. L. Geoffroy. 1762. Histoire Abregée des Insectes qui se Trouvent aux Environs de Paris, Tome Premier 1-523

Parent taxon: Cryptocephalina according to J. Gómez-Zurita and A. Cardoso 2021

See also Bouchard et al. 2011, Fabricius 1775, Fabricius 1798, Geoffroy 1762, Latreille 1796, Latreille 1802, Müller 1776, Piton 1940, Schaeffer 1766, Scudder 1890, Scudder 1900 and Theobald 1937

Sister taxon: Diachus

Subtaxa: Cryptocephalus groehni Cryptocephalus kheelorum Cryptocephalus minusculus Cryptocephalus miocenus Cryptocephalus pitoni Cryptocephalus relictus Cryptocephalus vetustus

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (1 collection)

• Oligocene of Germany (2)

• Eocene of the Russian Federation (1), United States (2: Colorado, Wyoming)

• Paleocene of France (1)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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