Bassareus is a genus of case-bearing leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are about eight described species in Bassareus.[1][2][3][4]

Bassareus
Bassareus brunnipes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Tribe: Cryptocephalini
Genus: Bassareus
Haldeman, 1849
Bassareus mammifer

Species edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Bassareus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Bassareus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Bassareus Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  4. ^ "North American Cryptocephalus species (Chrysomelidae, Cryptocephalinae)". Texas Entomology. Retrieved 10 February 2018.

Further reading edit

  • Arnett, R. H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (21 June 2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida.
  • Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
  • White, Richard E. (1968). A Review of the Genus Cryptocephalus in America North of Mexico. Smithsonian Institution Press.
  • White, Richard E. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.
  • Riley, Edward G.; Clark, Shawn M.; Gilbert, Arthur J. (2001). "New records, nomenclatural changes, and taxonomic notes for select North American leaf beetles". Insecta Mundi. 15 (1): 1–17.