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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) » Tortoise Beetles and the Hispines (Cassidinae) » Tortoise Beetles (Cassidini) » Parorectis » Parorectis sublaevis

Species Parorectis sublaevis

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Range · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Cassidini - Parorectis sublaevis Parorectis sublaevis (Barber) - Parorectis sublaevis Parorectis sublaevis? - Parorectis sublaevis
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Longhorn and Leaf Beetles)
Family Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)
Subfamily Cassidinae (Tortoise Beetles and the Hispines)
Tribe Cassidini (Tortoise Beetles)
Genus Parorectis
Species sublaevis (Parorectis sublaevis)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Parorectis sublaevis (Barber)
Orig. Comb: Orectis sublaevis Barber 1946
Range
AZ to w. TX / Mex. - Map (1)(2)
Food
groundcherry (Physalis, Solanaceae) (3)
Remarks
Type Locality: Carrizo Springs, Tex.
Print References
Barber, H.S. 1946. A new tortoise beetle from Texas (Coleoptera, Cassidinae). Bull. Brooklyn Entomol. Soc., 41: 102-103.
Riley. E.G. 1986. Review of the tortoise beetle genera of the tribe Cassidini occuring in America North of Mexico (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). J. New York Entomol. Soc., 94: 98-114.
Internet References
Type Info - Smithsonian
Works Cited
1.Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico
Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno. 2003. Coleopterists Society.
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
3.Host plants of leaf beetle species occurring in the United States and Canada
Clark et al. 2004. Coleopterists Society, Special Publication no. 2, 476 pp.
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 17 September, 2009 - 2:51pm
Last updated 29 April, 2023 - 8:17pm

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