Crioceris duodecimpunctata

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Cucujiformia
Cladus: Phytophaga
Superfamilia: Chrysomeloidea

Familia: Chrysomelidae
Subfamilia: Criocerinae
Tribus: Criocerini
Genus: Crioceris
Species: Crioceris duodecimpunctata
Name

Crioceris duodecimpunctata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonymy

Chrysomela duodecimpunctata Linnaeus, 1758: 376 (original combination) [as "12-punctata"]
Attelabus duodecimpunctatus: Scopoli, 1763: 36 [as "12-punctatus"]
Crioceris duodecimpunctata: Fabricius, 1775: 120 [as "12 punctata"]
Lema dodecastigma Suffrian, 1841: 40
Crioceris abeillei Pic, 1895: cclxxxiv
Crioceris duodecimpunctata var. bisbiconnexa Pic, 1909: 99
Crioceris duodecimpunctata var. delagrangei Pic, 1912: 51 [species as "17-punctata"; misspelling of "12-punctata"?]
Crioceris duodecimpunctata var. augustoduni Pic, 1916: 6 [unavailable name; described infrasubspecific]
Crioceris duodecimpunctata var. semijuncta Pic, 1916: 10 [unavailable name; described infrasubspecific]
Crioceris duodecimpunctata var. fauconneti Pic, 1919: 19 [junior homonym]
Crioceris duodecimpunctata var. gallica Pic, 1919: 19
Crioceris duodecimpunctata var. peyronei Pic, 1919: 19
Crioceris duodecimpunctata var. subannulipes Pic, 1919: 19
Crioceris duodecimpunctata ab. baguenai Fuente, 1927: 33 [unavailable name, described as abberation]
Crioceris duodecimpunctata ab. revyi Kaszab, 1962: 27 [unavailable name, described as abberation]
Crioceris duodecimpunctata ab. bisquadripunctata Kaszab, 1962: 28 [unavailable name, described as abberation]
Crioceris duodecimpunctata ab. gisellae Kaszab, 1962: 28 [unavailable name, described as abberation]
Crioceris duodecimpunctata ab. guranyii Kaszab, 1962: 28 [unavailable name, described as abberation]
Crioceris duodecimpunctata ab. ruffi Kaszab, 1962: 28 [unavailable name, described as abberation]

References
Primary references

Fabricius, J.C. 1775. Systema entomologiae, sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, observationibus. Libraria Kortii, Flensburgi et Lipsiae. xvi+ 832 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.36510. BHL. Reference page.
Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. i–ii, 1–824 pp DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542: 376. Reference page.
Pic, M. 1895: [Diagnoses de plusieurs coléoptères rapportés de Syrie par M.C. Delagrange]. Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 1894: cclxxxiv–cclxxxv. BHL.
Pic, M. 1909. Descriptions ou diagnoses et notes diverses (Suite). L'Échange, Revue Linnéenne 25: 97–100, 105–106, 121–123, 129–131, 137–139, 145–146, 153–156, 161–162, 177–179, 185–186. BHL, BHL, BHL, BHL, BHL, BHL, BHL, BHL, BHL, BHL.
Pic, M. 1916. Notes diverses, descriptions et diagnoses (Suite). L'Échange, Revue Linnéenne 32(374): 5–7. BHL.
Pic, M. 1916. Notes diverses, descriptions et diagnoses (Suite). L'Échange, Revue Linnéenne 32(375): 9–11. BHL.
Pic, M. 1919. Étude détaillée de divers insectes. L'Échange, Revue Linnéenne 35 [hors texte]: 1–24. BHL.
Scopoli, J.A. 1763. Entomologia Carniolica exhibens insecta Carnioliae indigena et distributa in ordines, genera, species, varietates: methodo Linnaeana (1763). pp. 1–35, 1–420. Trattner, Vindobonae [Vienna]. BHL Reference page.
Suffrian, E. 1841. Fragmente zur genauern Kenntniss deutscher Käfer. Lema Fab. Entomologische Zeitung (Stettin) 2: 19–25, 38–47, 66–74, 97–106. BHL, BHL, BHL, BHL.

Additional references

Bezděk, J. & Schmitt, M. 2017. Subfamily Criocerinae in Löbl, I. & Smetana, A. (eds.) Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera vol. 6, Corrigenda et Addenda. Entomologische Blätter und Coleoptera 113(2): 113–135. ResearchGate Open access. Reference page.
Löbl, I. & Smetana, A.. 2011. Errata to Volumes 1 to 6. Pp. 23–63. In: Löbl, I. & Smetana, A. (eds) Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 7. Curculionoidea I. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark. 373 pp. ISBN 978-87-88757-93-4. Google Books.
Schmitt, M. 2010. Subfamily Criocerinae Latreille, 1804. Pp. 359–368. In: Löbl, I. & Smetana, A. (eds.) Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark. 924 pp. ISBN 978-87-88757-84-2. Google Books.

Links

Crioceris duodecimpunctata Taxon details on Fauna Europaea
ZooBank: act:765585D7-311B-487C-94F5-0C32ABACEC7F
European Chrysomelidae
Crioceris duodecimpunctata – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names
Deutsch: Zwölfpunkt-Spargelkäfer
English: Spotted asparagus beetle
Nederlands: Rode aspergekever
polski: Poskrzypka dwunastokropkowa
русский: Трещалка двенадцатиточечная

Crioceris duodecimpunctata or the spotted asparagus beetle is a species of shining leaf beetle belonging to the family Chrysomelidae, subfamily Criocerinae.

The length of beetles varies from 5 to 6.5 millimeters. The colour of head, pronotum and elytra is reddish orange, while the scutellum is black. On the elytra there are twelve black dots.

It feeds on Cucurbitaceae and asparagus species. The larvae feed only on the asparagus berries, being the second most important pest of this plant, while adults prefer tender shoots and leaves.

They are found in the whole Palearctic realm, including the British Isles.
References

Babilas V. F. Kagan, C. Piekarski - Handbook of plant protection - New York, Agricultural and Forestry Publishing House, 1982
Karl Wilhelm Harde, Frantisek Severa and Edwin Möhn: The cosmos beetles Guide: Central European beetles. The Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH & Co KG, Stuttgart 2000