Cryptocephalinae
Cryptocephalinae
Subfamily of beetles
The Cryptocephalinae are a subfamily of the leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae), and belong to the group of case-bearing leaf beetles called the Camptosomata. The cases are made from the feces of larvae, passed from one instar to the next, and ultimately serves as a pupation chamber.[1]
The tribes Fulcidacini and Clytrini were formerly considered subfamilies of their own, and are presently treated only as tribes.[2] Species in at least 14 genera of Clytrini and Cryptocephalini are myrmecophilous, living with ants.[3] Most species exhibit polyphagy but there are patterns of constraints with certain plant lineages.[4]
- Exema, fecal case
- Exema, larva
- Neochlamisus, fecal case
- Neochlamisus, larva removed from larval fecal case