{{Short description|Genus of beetles}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Crioceris_asparagi.jpg | image_caption = ''Crioceris asparagi'' | taxon = Crioceris | authority = Geoffroy, 1762 <ref>{{ITIS |id=719608 |taxon=''Crioceris''}}</ref> | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = *''Crioceris asparagi'' *''Crioceris duodecimpunctata'' *''Crioceris quatuordecimpunctata'' }}
'''''Crioceris''''', or '''asparagus beetle''', is a genus belonging to the family Chrysomelidae of beetles. The name is Neo-Latin from Greek {{wikt-lang|grc|κριός}}, ram and {{wikt-lang|grc|κέρας}}, horn. <ref>{{cite book |last=Whitney |first=William Dwight |author-link=William Dwight Whitney |author2=Benjamin Eli Smith |author2-link=Benjamin Eli Smith |title=The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia |url=http://www.global-language.com/CENTURY/ |access-date=2008-06-11 |volume=II |publisher=The Century Company |location=New York |pages=1353 |year=1891| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080606185526/http://www.global-language.com/CENTURY/| archive-date= 6 June 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref> Not all species in the genus ''Crioceris'' feed on asparagus (e.g., ''C. nigropicta''). Some studies have found low genetic diversity among groups of isolated Chrysomelidae, and use ''Wolbachia'' species as a genetic marker.<ref>{{Cite journal|author=Mazur, M. A.|author2=Kubisz, D.|author3=Kajtoch, L.|date=August 22, 2014|title=Restricted geographic distribution and low genetic distinctiveness of steppic Crioceris quinquepunctata (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) populations in Central East Europe|url=http://www.entomologicafennica.org/Volume25/EF_25_2/5Mazur.pdf|journal=Entomologica Fennica|volume=25|issue=2 |pages=102–110|doi=10.33338/ef.84621 |s2cid=202014682 |via=Web of Science}}</ref>
==Species== *''Crioceris asparagi'' <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>, common asparagus beetle<ref name = Israel>{{cite book |last=Chikatunov |first=Vladimir |author2=Tomáš Pavlíček |author3=Eviatar Nevo |title=Coleoptera of "Evolution Canyon," Lower Nahal Oren, Mount Carmel, Israel |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HVITHfCVy_wC&dq=Crioceris+bicruciata+(Sahlberg,+1823)&pg=PA123 |access-date=2008-06-10 |year=1999 |publisher=Pensoft Publishers |isbn=954-642-052-2 |pages=122–123 }}</ref> *''Crioceris bicruciata'' <small>(Sahlberg, 1823)</small><ref name = Israel/> *''Crioceris duodecimpunctata'' <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>, spotted asparagus beetle<ref name=Museum>{{cite journal |last=Károly |first=Vig |year=1997 |title=Leaf beetle collection of the Mátra Museum, Gyöngyös, Hungary (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae ''sensu lato'') |journal=Folia Historico Naturalia Musei Matraensis |volume=22 |pages=175–201 |url=http://www.matramuzeum.hu/Personal/folia/22/12.PDF |access-date=2008-06-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809192429/http://www.matramuzeum.hu/Personal/folia/22/12.PDF |archive-date=2011-08-09 |url-status=dead }}</ref> *''Crioceris macilenta'' <small>Weise, 1880</small> *''Crioceris nigropunctata'' <small>Lacordaire, 1845</small> *''Crioceris paracenthesis'' <small>(Linnaeus, 1767)</small> *''Crioceris quatuordecimpunctata'' <small>(Scopoli, 1763)</small> *''Crioceris quinquepunctata'' <small>(Scopoli, 1763)</small><ref name=Museum/>
<gallery> Image:Common Asparagus Beetle (Crioceris asparagi) (35543248401).jpg|''C. asparagi'' Image:Crioceris macilenta up.jpg|''C. macilenta'' Image:Crioceris_duodecimpunctata_beentree.jpg|''C. duodecimpunctata'' Image:Crioceris quatuordecimpunctata up.jpg|''C. quatordecimpunctata'' Image:Crioceris quinquepunctata.JPG|''C. quinquepunctata'' Image:Crioceris paracenthesis.jpg|''C. paracenthesis'' </gallery>
==References== {{Wikispecies|Crioceris|Asparagus beetle}} {{Reflist}}
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Category:Criocerinae Category:Chrysomelidae genera Category:Taxa named by Étienne Louis Geoffroy
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