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Diplacaspis
Genus
Diplacaspis
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
Cryptocephalinae (Case-bearing Leaf Beetles)
Tribe
Fulcidacini (Warty Leaf Beetles)
Genus
Diplacaspis
Explanation of Names
Diplacaspis
Jacobson 1924
Numbers
A single species in our area, 9 spp. total
(
1
)
Range
neotropical group ranging into TX & AZ
(
1
)
Works Cited
1.
American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
Contributed by
Mike Quinn
on 15 October, 2009 - 10:57pm
Additional contributions by
v belov
Last updated 27 March, 2013 - 9:27pm