A peer-reviewed open-access journal ZooKeys 547: 133–164Leaf (2015) beetles are ant-nest beetles: the curious life of the juvenile stages... 133 doi: 10.3897/zookeys.547.6098 REVIEW ARTICLE http://zookeys.pensoft.net Launched to accelerate biodiversity research Leaf beetles are ant-nest beetles: the curious life of the juvenile stages of case-bearers (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cryptocephalinae) Federico A. Agrain1, Matthew L. Buffington2, Caroline S. Chaboo3, Maria L. Chamorro4, Matthias Schöller5 1 Laboratorio de Entomología, IADIZA, CCT-CONICET, CC507, 5500, Av. A. Ruiz Leal s/n, Pque. Gral. San Martin, Mendoza, Argentina 2 Systematic Entomology Laboratory, ARS-USDA, MRC 168, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution P.O. Box 37012, Washington, DC, 20013-7012, U.S.A. 3 Division of Entomology, 1501 Crestline Drive, Suite 140, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 66045, U.S.A. 4 Systematic Entomology Laboratory, ARS-USDA, MRC 168, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution P.O. Box 37012, Washington, DC, 20013-7012, U.S.A. 5 Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Faculty of Life Sciences, Lentzeallee 55/57, 14195 Berlin, Germany Corresponding author: Federico A. Agrain (
[email protected]) Academic editor: M. Schmitt | Received 26 June 2015 | Accepted 12 November 2015 | Published 17 December 2015 http://zoobank.org/2D10C2DB-0F8A-403C-A28E-50E63CC33F42 Citation: Agrain FA, Buffington ML, Chaboo CS, Chamorro ML, Schöller M (2015) Leaf beetles are ant-nest beetles: the curious life of the juvenile stages of case-bearers (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cryptocephalinae). In: Jolivet P, Santiago- Blay J, Schmitt M (Eds) Research on Chrysomelidae 5. ZooKeys 547: 133–164.