Cryptocephalites Scudder 1895 (leaf beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae

Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1895. Canadian fossil insects, myriapods and arachnids, 2. The Coleoptera hitherto found fossil in Canada. Geological Survey of Canada Contributions to Canadian Palaeontology 2(1):27-56

Parent taxon: Cryptocephalinae according to J. A. Santiago-Blay 1994

See also Scudder 1900

Sister taxa: Clytrini, Cryptocephalini, Cryptocephalites

Subtaxa: Cryptocephalites punctatus

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Type: Cryptocephalites punctatus

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at North Fork of Similkameen River (Eocene of British Columbia)

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