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Opacinota
Genus
Opacinota
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
Opacinota
Explanation of Names
Opacinota
Riley 1986
Numbers
monotypic genus
(
1
)
Range
e. US (MA-FL-LA)
(
2
)
(
3
)
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.
2.
Annotated list of the leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) of Kentucky: Subfamily Cassidinae
Barney R.J., Clark S.M., Riley E.G. 2007. J. Kentucky Acad. Sci. 68: 132-144.
3.
Cassidinae of the world - an interactive manual (by Lech Borowiec and Jolanta Świętojańska)
Contributed by
Mike Quinn
on 8 November, 2010 - 3:47am
Additional contributions by
v belov
Last updated 26 April, 2012 - 5:11am