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
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:9062D359-95FE-451E-8428-6C6E54FFDD0E
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