''Crioceris'', or asparagus beetle, is a genus of the family
Chrysomelidae
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of
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s. The name is
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from Greek ,
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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
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'' species as a genetic marker.
Species
*''
Crioceris asparagi''
(Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...
, 1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the starting point of modern zoologic ...
), common asparagus beetle
*''
Crioceris bicruciata''
( Sahlberg, 1823)[
*'' Crioceris duodecimpunctata'' (]Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...
, 1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the starting point of modern zoologic ...
), spotted asparagus beetleLinnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...
, 1767)
*'' Crioceris quatuordecimpunctata'' ( Scopoli, 1763)
*'' Crioceris quinquepunctata'' ( Scopoli, 1763)[
Image:Common Asparagus Beetle (Crioceris asparagi) (35543248401).jpg, ''C. asparagi''
Image:Crioceris macilenta up.jpg, ''C. macilenta''
Image:Crioceris_duodecimpunctata_beentree.jpg, ''C. duodecimpunctata''
Image:Crioceris quatuordecimpunctata up.jpg, ''C. quatordecimpunctata''
Image:Crioceris quinquepunctata.JPG, ''C. quinquepunctata''
Image:Crioceris paracenthesis.jpg, ''C. paracenthesis''
]
References
Criocerinae
Chrysomelidae genera
Taxa named by Étienne Louis Geoffroy
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