Cryptocephalus arizonensis arizonensis Schaeffer,1904
"Pronotum: Orange to red, often with basal oblique spots and margins vaguely fighter; punctation dual, larger punctures minute to small. Elytra: Dark, shining metallic green or blue, epipleuron yellow to (more often) dark reddish. With nine rows of punctures, rows six, seven, and eight confused, punctures as large, dense as usual, finer apically as usual; inner and outer rows distinct to slightly confused at apex, usually meeting. Prosternum: Anterior margin in male distinctly produced into a broadly V-shaped lobe; female with anterior margin rather produced into a broad lobe. Length: 4.2 to 5.4 mm" (White, 1968: 30-1).
USA: southeast and north central AZ; Alpine, TX; Mescalero, NM (White, 1968).
"Schaeffer (1906, p. 233) recorded the species from oak" (White, 1968).