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Subfamily Cassidinae - Tortoise Beetles and the Hispines

unk. tortoise beetle - Plagiometriona clavata unk. tortoise beetle - Plagiometriona clavata tortoise beetle larvae - Physonota helianthi immature insect Mottled Tortoise Beetle - Deloyala guttata - female ^ Microctenochira bonvouloiri (Boheman) - Microctenochira bonvouloiri Coptocycla texana (Schaeffer) - Coptocycla texana
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Long-horned and Leaf Beetles)
Family Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)
Subfamily Cassidinae (Tortoise Beetles and the Hispines)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
The Hispinae are now part of the Cassidinae per Staines (2002), (1), (2), (3)
Numbers
about 2,760 species worldwide
greatest diversity in tropical South America; relatively scarce in temperate North America
Remarks
Classification in BugGuide follows:
Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno. 2003. Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico. Coleopterists Society, Sacramento. 290 pp. (2)
Print References
Staines, C.L. 2002. The New World tribes and genera of hispines (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 104(3): 721-784. ABSTRACT.
Internet References
Home page Cassidinae of the world - an interactive manual (Borowiec & Świętojańska)
Or go directly to photos on same site.
Key to the Cassidinae of Alabama
Works Cited
1.The Hispine Beetles of America North of Mexico (Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae)
By Charles L. Staines
2.Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico
By Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno
3.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
By Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.)
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Robin McLeod, McClarinJ, Mike Quinn, Boris Bueche
Last updated 6 September, 2009 - 10:42am

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