CRYPTOCEPHALINAE Gyllenhal, 1813
(a subfamily of leaf beetles)

Subtaxon				Example images	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
Clytra quadripunctata a leaf beetle					Species			1 ident. refs
Cryptocephalus a genus of leaf beetles					Genus	7 subtaxa	32 images	10 ident. refs

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Subfamily	CRYPTOCEPHALINAE (a subfamily of leaf beetles)
Family	CHRYSOMELIDAE (leaf and flea beetles)
Superfamily	CHRYSOMELOIDEA (leaf, longhorn and seed beetles)
Series	Cucujiformia (a group of beetles)
Suborder	POLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
Order	COLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

CRYPTOCEPHALINAE is also a member of:
water beetles - water beetles (via Chrysomelidae)
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Hackston, M.	2009	Subfamily Cryptocephalinae illustrated key to species	http://sites.google.com/site/mikesinsectkeys/

CRYPTOCEPHALINAE (a subfamily of leaf beetles) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

CHRYSOMELIDAE
(leaf and flea beetles)

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

water beetles
(water beetles)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for CRYPTOCEPHALINAE (a subfamily of leaf beetles)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 279 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for CRYPTOCEPHALINAE (a subfamily of leaf beetles)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

CRYPTOCEPHALINAE is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)