Cryptocephalinae
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The Cryptocephalinae are a subfamily of the leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae), and belong to the group of case-bearing leaf beetles called the Camptosomata. The cases are made from the feces of larvae, passed from one instar to the next, and ultimately serves as a pupation chamber.[1]
The tribes Fulcidacini and Clytrini were formerly considered subfamilies of their own, and are presently treated only as tribes.[2] The most recently created tribe Mylassini was erected in 2021 for the monotypic genus Mylassa.[3]
Species in at least 14 genera of Clytrini and Cryptocephalini are myrmecophilous, living with ants.[4] Most species exhibit polyphagy but there are patterns of constraints with certain plant lineages.[5]
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Exema, fecal case
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Exema, larva
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Neochlamisus, fecal case
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Neochlamisus, larva removed from larval fecal case
References
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- ↑ Chaboo, C.S., C.G. Brown, & D.J. Funk. 2008. Faecal case architecture in the gibbosus species group of Neochlamisus Karren, 1972 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae: Chlamisini). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 152:315–335.
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- ↑ Agrain F.A., M. Buffington, C.S. Chaboo, M.L. Chamorro, & M.E. Schöller. 2015. Leaf beetles are ant-nest beetles: the curious life histories of the juvenile stages of case-bearers (Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae). ZooKeys 547:133–164.
- ↑ Agrain, F.A., B. Vento, V. Flinte, C.A.M. Reid, & C.S. Chaboo. 2024. Global macroecological patterns in host-plant associations of Cryptocephalinae case-bearer leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 20:1-20.https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blae041
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