Species Parorectis callosa

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · Print References · Works Cited

Parorectis callosa (Boheman) - Parorectis callosa

small, bumpy, bronze tortoise beetle - Parorectis callosa

Parorectis callosa from North Central Texas - Parorectis callosa

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 callosa (Parorectis callosa)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Parorectis callosa (Boheman)

Orig. Comb: Cassida callosa Boheman 1854

Explanation of Names

callio (G). 'more beautiful' (1)

Size

Length 4.0–5.4 mm (2)

Range

se US (s. to n. TX, AL-FL-SC) / Mex. - Map (3)(4)

Food

asso. w/ ground cherry (Physalis) and nightshade (Solanum) (Solanaceae) (5)

Print References

Barber, H.S. 1946. A new tortoise beetle from Texas (Coleoptera, Cassidinae). Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 41: 102–103.

Boheman, C.H. 1854. Monographia Cassididarum. Vol. 2. Holmiae, 506 pp. + 2 tab.

Niño-Maldonado S, Romero-Nápoles J, Sánchez-Reyes UJ, Jones RW, González-De-León EI. 2014. Inventario preliminar de Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) de Tamaulipas, México. Pg. 121–132. In: Correa-Sandoval A, Horta-Vega JV, García- Jiménez J, Barrientos-Lozano L (eds.). Biodiversidad Tamaulipeca vol. 2, no. 2. Tecnológico Nacional de México, Instituto Tecnológico de Ciudad Victoria; Tamaulipas, Mexico. 276 p.

Works Cited

1.	Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.

2.	A new species of Parorectis from nc US, with notes on prothoracic and head morphology of the genus (Cassidinae: Cassidini). Riley, E. G. 2020. Insecta Mundi 0808: 1–9.

3.	Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno. 2003. Coleopterists Society.

4.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

5.	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 8 November, 2010 - 4:01am
Last updated 29 April, 2023 - 8:17pm

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