Orsodacnidae
Sign in to saveThe Orsodacnidae are a small family of leaf beetles, previously included as a subfamily within the Chrysomelidae. It is the smallest of the chrysomeloid families in North America; Oxypeltidae is smaller, with only three species in South America. A fossil species of Aulacoscelis is known from the Early Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian) Santana Group of Brazil.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderColeoptera
- FamilyOrsodacnidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 14
- Family
- Orsodacnidae
- Collections
- MZLU
- Recorded in
- Indonesia, Canada, Sweden, Tanzania, Peru, Turkey, Sri Lanka, Guatemala
Wikidata facts
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Chrysomeloidea
- Image
- Orsodacne cerasi.jpg
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- taxon common name
- pollenbladbiller
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The Orsodacnidae are a small family of leaf beetles, previously included as a subfamily within the Chrysomelidae. It is the smallest of the chrysomeloid families in North America; Oxypeltidae is smaller, with only three species in South America. A fossil species of Aulacoscelis is known from the Early Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian) Santana Group of Brazil.
==Subfamilies and genera== Subfamily Aulacoscelidinae Aulacoscelis Janbechynea Subfamily Orsodacninae Orsodacne
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Orsodacnidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.