Asparagus beetle

Asparagus beetles
Crioceris asparagi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:	Criocerinae
Tribe:	Criocerini
Genus:	Crioceris Geoffroy, 1762 [1]
Species
Crioceris asparagi Crioceris duodecimpunctata Crioceris quatuordecimpunctata

C. duodecimpunctata

Crioceris or asparagus beetle is a genus of the family Chrysomelidae of beetles. The name is neo Latin from Greek κριός, ram and κέρας, horn. ^[2]

Species

• Crioceris asparagi (Linnaeus, 1758), common asparagus beetle^[3]
• Crioceris bicruciata (Sahlberg, 1823)^[3]
• Crioceris duodecimpunctata (Linnaeus, 1758), spotted asparagus beetle^[4]
• Crioceris quinquepunctata (Scopoli, 1763)^[4]

References

1. ^ "Crioceris". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=719608. 
2. ^ Whitney, William Dwight; Benjamin Eli Smith (1891). The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia. II. New York: The Century Company. pp. 1353. http://www.global-language.com/CENTURY/. Retrieved 2008-06-11. 
3. ^ ^{a b} Chikatunov, Vladimir; Tomáš Pavlíček and Eviatar Nevo (1999). Coleoptera of "Evolution Canyon," Lower Nahal Oren, Mount Carmel, Israel. Pensoft Publishers. pp. 122–123. ISBN 9546420522. http://books.google.com/?id=HVITHfCVy_wC&pg=PA123&dq=Crioceris+bicruciata+(Sahlberg,+1823). Retrieved 2008-06-10. 
4. ^ ^{a b} Károly, Vig (1997). "Leaf beetle collection of the Mátra Museum, Gyöngyös, Hungary (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae sensu lato)" (PDF). Folia Historico Naturalia Musei Matraensis 22: 175–201. http://www.matramuzeum.hu/Personal/folia/22/12.PDF. Retrieved 2008-06-10. 

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