Asparagus beetle
Crioceris asparagi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Tribe: Criocerini
Genus: Crioceris
Geoffroy, 1762 [1]
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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] Not all species in the genus Crioceris feed on asparagus (e.g., C. nigropicta). Some studies have found low genetic diversity among groups of isolated Chrysomelidae, and use Wolbachia species as a genetic marker.[3]

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References

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  1. ^ "Crioceris". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  2. ^ Whitney, William Dwight; Benjamin Eli Smith (1891). The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia. Vol. II. New York: The Century Company. p. 1353. Archived from the original on 6 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-11.
  3. ^ Mazur, M. A.; Kubisz, D.; Kajtoch, L. (August 22, 2014). "Restricted geographic distribution and low genetic distinctiveness of steppic Crioceris quinquepunctata (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) populations in Central East Europe" (PDF). Entomologica Fennica. 25 (2): 102–110. doi:10.33338/ef.84621. S2CID 202014682 – via Web of Science.
  4. ^ a b Chikatunov, Vladimir; Tomáš Pavlíček; Eviatar Nevo (1999). Coleoptera of "Evolution Canyon," Lower Nahal Oren, Mount Carmel, Israel. Pensoft Publishers. pp. 122–123. ISBN 954-642-052-2. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
  5. ^ 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-09. Retrieved 2008-06-10.


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