Cryptocephalus trifasciatus, Fabricius, 1787

Duan, Wen-Yuan, Wang, Feng-Yan & Zhou, Hong-Zhang, 2025, Four new species and three new country records for the Cryptocephalus trifasciatus group (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae) from China, Zootaxa 5653 (4), pp. 535-552 : 536-537

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5653.4.5
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15837638
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scientific name	Cryptocephalus trifasciatus
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The Cryptocephalus trifasciatus species group

Diagnosis. Upper side glabrous, not metallic; the ground color of pronotum yellowish or reddish brown, and with black marking(s). Pronotum without punctures or with extremely fine punctures under a high-power lens, elytra regularly punctured.

According to our studies after checking the specimens maintained at IZ-CAS, and for some, merely based on the literature, we included in this species group the following 33 species listed below (of them, 26 known before this study, 3 new country records to China, and 4 new species described here):

Cryptocephalus ( s. str.) aberrans Jacoby, 1908

Cryptocephalus ( s. str.) binotatithorax Pic, 1920

Cryptocephalus ( s. str.) bryanti Gressitt, 1942

Cryptocephalus ( s. str.) crucipennis Suffrian, 1854

Cryptocephalus ( s. str.) curtipennis Pic, 1920

Cryptocephalus ( s. str.) decastictus Fairmaire, 1888

Cryptocephalus ( s. str.) formosanus Chûjô, 1934a

Cryptocephalus ( s. str.) freyi Gressitt & Kimoto, 1961

Cryptocephalus ( s. str.) hemifasciatus Chûjô, 1934b

Cryptocephalus ( s. str.) kanoi Chûjô, 1954

Cryptocephalus ( s. str.) lactineus Tan, 1992

Cryptocephalus ( s. str.) lingnanensis Gressitt, 1942