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Cassidini
The Cassidini are a tribe within the leaf beetle subfamily Cassidinae. The Cassidini comprises approximately 40 genera worldwide, and is one of the largest tribes in the subfamily, containing most of the genera and species known collectively as "tortoise beetles". The subfamily names Cassidinae and Hispinae were both founded by Gyllenhal in the same 1813 book, but following the Principle of the First Reviser, Chen in this case, priority is given to the name Cassidinae.
In a 2017 cladistic analysis of Cassidini based on morphological characters, Cassidini was found to be nonmonophyletic with respect to Aspidimorphini, leading the authors of the study to formally synonymize the latter with the former. The same authors also suggested that Ischyrosonychini should also be included within Cassidini.
60 branches of this tribe, most-observed first
Shiny Tortoise Beetles
genusCassida
Charidotella
genusCharidotella
Deloyala
genusDeloyala
Helocassis
genusHelocassis
Gratiana
genusGratiana
Thlaspida
genusThlaspida
Hypocassida
genusHypocassida
Agroiconota
genusAgroiconota
Ischnocodia
genusIschnocodia
Microctenochira
genusMicroctenochira
Coptocycla
genusCoptocycla
Chiridopsis
genusChiridopsis
Plagiometriona
genusPlagiometriona
Silana
genusSilana
Charidotis
genusCharidotis
Cteisella
genusCteisella
Jonthonota
genusJonthonota
Basipta
genusBasipta
Austropsecadia
genusAustropsecadia
Aethiopocassis
genusAethiopocassis
Pilemostoma
genusPilemostoma
Oocassida
genusOocassida
Tapinaspis
genusTapinaspis
Glyphocassis
genusGlyphocassis
Hybosa
genusHybosa
Aporocassida
genusAporocassida
Metriona
genusMetriona
Meroscalsis
genusMeroscalsis
Parorectis
genusParorectis
Acrocassis
genusAcrocassis
Syngambria
genusSyngambria
Buffalothorn Tortoise Beetles
genusIschiocassis
Metrionella
genusMetrionella
Bradycassis
genusBradycassis
Orobiocassis
genusOrobiocassis
Psalidoma
genusPsalidoma
Rhacocassis
genusRhacocassis
Parachirida
genusParachirida
Eremionycha
genusEremionycha
Nuzonia
genusNuzonia
Malayocassis
genusMalayocassis
Hovacassis
genusHovacassis
Rhytidocassis
genusRhytidocassis
Thlaspidosoma
genusThlaspidosoma
Strongylocassis
genusStrongylocassis
Ischyronota
genusIschyronota
Emdenia
genusEmdenia
Cyclocassis
genusCyclocassis
Smeringaspis
genusSmeringaspis
Ctenocharidotis
genusCtenocharidotis
Floridocassis
genusFloridocassis
Mexicaspis
genusMexicaspis
Chacocassis
genusChacocassis
Fornicocassis
genusFornicocassis
Oxylepus
genusOxylepus
Chersinellina
genusChersinellina
Ctenocassida
genusCtenocassida
Andevocassis
genusAndevocassis
Limnocassis
genusLimnocassis
Trichaspis
genusTrichaspis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Cassidini in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 373656.