Bassareus (beetle)
Bassareus is a genus of case-bearing leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are about eight described species in Bassareus.[1][2][3][4]

Bassareus mammifer
| Bassareus | |
|---|---|
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| Bassareus brunnipes | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | 
| Class: | Insecta | 
| Order: | Coleoptera | 
| Family: | Chrysomelidae | 
| Tribe: | Cryptocephalini | 
| Genus: | Bassareus Haldeman, 1849  | 
Species
    
- Bassareus areolatus (Suffrian, 1852)
 - Bassareus brunnipes (Olivier, 1791)
 - Bassareus clathratus (F. E. Melsheimer, 1847)
 - Bassareus croceipennis J. L. LeConte, 1880
 - Bassareus detritus (Olivier, 1808)
 - Bassareus formosus (F. E. Melsheimer, 1847)
 - Bassareus lituratus (Fabricius, 1801)
 - Bassareus mammifer (Newman, 1840)
 
References
    
- "Bassareus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
 - "Bassareus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
 - "Bassareus Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
 - "North American Cryptocephalus species (Chrysomelidae, Cryptocephalinae)". Texas Entomology. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
 
Further reading
    
- Arnett, R. H., Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (21 June 2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida.
 - Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
 - White, Richard E. (1968). A Review of the Genus Cryptocephalus in America North of Mexico. Smithsonian Institution Press.
 - White, Richard E. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.
 - Riley, Edward G.; Clark, Shawn M.; Gilbert, Arthur J. (2001). "New records, nomenclatural changes, and taxonomic notes for select North American leaf beetles". Insecta Mundi. 15 (1): 1–17.
 
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