Cryocolaspis

Cryocolaspis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:	Eumolpinae
Tribe:	Bromiini
Genus:	Cryocolaspis; Flowers, 2004
Species:	C. crinita
Binomial name
	Cryocolaspis crinita; Flowers, 2004

Cryocolaspis is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It contains only one species, Cryocolaspis crinita, which is known from the mountains of central Costa Rica. It was first established by the American entomologist R. Wills Flowers in 2004.

The generic name is said to be a combination of the Greek word cryo (meaning cold) and the eumolpine generic name Colaspis. The specific name, crinita, is the Latin word for hairy.¹ In ancient Greek kryos (κρὐος) is a noun, meaning "icy cold" or "frost".²

References

Flowers, R. Wills (2004). "Cryocolaspis, a New Genus and Species of Eumolpinae (Chrysomelidae) from Costa Rica". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 58 (1): 97–101. doi:10.1649/607. JSTOR 4009896. S2CID 85218941.
Liddell, H.G. & Scott, R. (1940). A Greek-English Lexicon. Revised and augmented throughout by Sir Henry Stuart Jones with the assistance of Roderick McKenzie.Oxford: Clarendon Press.

[Flowers2004-1] Flowers, R. Wills (2004). "Cryocolaspis, a New Genus and Species of Eumolpinae (Chrysomelidae) from Costa Rica". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 58 (1): 97–101. doi:10.1649/607. JSTOR 4009896. S2CID 85218941.

[Liddell_&_Scott-2] Liddell, H.G. & Scott, R. (1940). A Greek-English Lexicon. Revised and augmented throughout by Sir Henry Stuart Jones with the assistance of Roderick McKenzie.Oxford: Clarendon Press.

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