Cryptocephalus aureolus Suffrian, 1847
(a leaf beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCryptocephalus aureolus (a leaf beetle)
GenusCryptocephalus (a genus of leaf beetles)
SubfamilyCRYPTOCEPHALINAE (a subfamily of leaf beetles)
FamilyCHRYSOMELIDAE (leaf and flea beetles)
SuperfamilyCHRYSOMELOIDEA (leaf, longhorn and seed beetles)
Series Cucujiformia (a group of beetles)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Cryptocephalus aureolus (a leaf beetle) :
1: Cryptocephalus aureolus (a leaf beetle)
5 May 2007 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Oxon (VC 23) England
3 beetles on capitulum of Mouse-eared hawkweed
Image 1: Aedeagus - profile - magnifiedImage 2: Beetles - dorsal and lateral views - enlargedImage 3: Beetles - dorsal view - enlargedImage 4: Beetles - latero-dorsal and anterior views - enlargedImage 5: Beetles - latero-dorsal and front three-quarter views - enlargedImage 6: Male - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 7: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 8: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 9: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - grey background
2: Cryptocephalus aureolus (a leaf beetle)
10 Jun 2005 OSGR: ST95 51° 20’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Visiting buttercup
Image 1: On Buttercup - close-up - enlargedImage 2: On Buttercup - enlarged
3: Cryptocephalus aureolus (a leaf beetle)
7 Jun 2005 OSGR: ST95 51° 20’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Mating pair, on Hawkbit
Image 1: In cop - lateral viewImage 2: In cop - lateral view (2)Image 3: In cop - lateral view (3)Image 4: In cop - lateral view - close-upImage 5: Female - lateral - enlargedImage 6: Female - ventral - enlargedImage 7: Male - dorsal - enlarged

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Cox, M.L. 2007 Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland 336pp, Pisces Publications

Cryptocephalus aureolus (a leaf beetle) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Cryptocephalus aureolus (a leaf beetle)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 13 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Cryptocephalus aureolus (a leaf beetle)
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