Biology:Orsodacnidae
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Short description: Family of beetles
Orsodacnidae | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
Superfamily: | Chrysomeloidea |
Family: | Orsodacnidae Thomson, 1859 |
Subfamilies | |
The Orsodacnidae are a small family of leaf beetles, previously included as a subfamily within the Chrysomelidae. It is the smallest of the Chrysomeloid families in North America;[1] Oxypeltidae is smaller, with only three species in South America. A fossil species of Aulacoscelis is known from the Early Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian) Santana Group of Brazil.[2]
Genera
References
- ↑ Shawn M. Clark and Edward G. Riley. "123. ORSODACNIDAE Thompson 1859". American Beetles: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea Through Curculionoidea. 2. CRC. pp. 613–615. doi:10.1201/9781420041231.ch8.
- ↑ Legalov, A. A. (2021-05-20). "First record of orsodacnid leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Orsodacnidae) from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil". Historical Biology: 1–5. doi:10.1080/08912963.2021.1929204. ISSN 0891-2963. https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2021.1929204.
Wikidata ☰ Q790477 entry
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