Cassidinae

Cassida sp.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chrysomeloidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Cucujiformia Cladus: Phytophaga Superfamilia: Chrysomeloidea

Familia: Chrysomelidae
Subfamilia: Cassidinae
Tribus (after Borowiec & Świętojańska): Alurnini – Anisoderini – Aproidini – Arescini – Aspidimorphini – Basiprionotini – Bothryonopini – Callispini – Callohispini – Cassidini – Chalepini – Coelaenomenoderini – Cryptonychini – Cubispini – Delocraniini – Dorynotini – Eugenysini – Eurispini – Exothispini – Goniocheniini – Gonophorini – Hemisphaerotini – Hispini – Hispoleptini – Hybosispini – Imatidiini – Ischyrosonychini – Leptispini – Mesomphaliini – Notosacanthini – Omocerini – Oncocephalini – Promecothecini – Prosopodontini – Sceloenoplini – Spilophorini – †Oposispini

? †Oligocassida

Name

Cassidinae Gyllenhal, 1813: 434

Type genus: Cassida Linnaeus, 1758.

Synonyms

• Hispinae Gyllenhal, 1813: 448

References

Primary references

• Gyllenhal, L. 1813. Insecta Suecica. Classis I. Coleoptera sive Eleuterata. Tomi I, Pars III. Scaris: L.J. Leverentz, [2] + 730 + [2] pp. BHL. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Borowiec, L. 1999. A world catalogue of the Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Biologica Silesiae, Wroclaw.
• Borowiec, L. 2009. New records of Neotropical tortoise beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). Genus 20(4): 615–722. PDF.
• Borowiec, L. & Sekerka, L. 2010b. Subfamily Cassidinae Gyllenhal, 1813. Pp. 368–390. In: Löbl, I. & Smetana, A. (eds.) Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark. 924 pp. ISBN 978-87-88757-84-2. Google Books. Reference page. 
• Borowiec, L. & Świętojańska, J. 2014. 2.7.2 Cassidinae Gyllenhal, 1813. Pp. 198–217 in: Leschen et al., 2014. Full chapter 2.7 (with link to PDF) Reference page. 
• Chaboo, C.S., Adam, S., Nishida, K. & Schletzbaum, L. Architecture, construction, retention, and repair of faecal shields in three tribes of tortoise beetles (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae: Cassidini, Mesomphaliini, Spilophorini). Pp 87–146 in Chaboo, C.S. & Schmitt, M. (eds.) 2023. Research on Chrysomelidae 9. Zookeys 1177ː 1–258. Reference page.  DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1177.102600 Reference page. 
• Flinte, V., Borowiec, L., de Freitas, S., Viana, J.H., Fernandes, F.R., Nogueira-De-Sá, F., de Macedo, M.V. & Monteiro, R.F. 2009. Tortoise beetles of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). Genus 20(4): 571–614. PDF.
• Hincks, W.D. 1952. The genera of the Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 103: 327–358. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.1952.tb01061.x .
• Nadein, K.S., Perkovsky, E.E. & Moseyko, A.G. 2015. New Late Eocene Chrysomelidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) from Baltic, Rovno and Danish ambers. Papers in Palaeontology 2(1): 117–137. DOI: 10.1002/spp2.1034 . PDF. Reference page. 
• Peng, L-F., Li, J-L., Hou, Y-M. & Zhang, X. 2018. Descriptions of immature stages of Octodonta nipae (Maulik) (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae, Cryptonychini). ZooKeys 764: 91–109. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.764.24168. Reference page. 
• Sekerka, L., Jia, F.L., Pang, H. & Boroweic, L. 2016. Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) types deposited at Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China. Zootaxa 4084(1): 50–78. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4084.1.2 . ResearchGate .Reference page. 
• Shameem, K.M., Prathapan, K.D., Nasser, M. & Chaboo, C.S. 2016. Natural history of Javeta pallida Baly, 1858 on Phoenix palms in India (Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae, Coelaenomenoderini). In: Jolivet, P., Santiago-Blay, J. & Schmitt, M. (eds.) Research on Chrysomelidae 6. ZooKeys 597: 39–56. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.597.6876 . Reference page. 
• Simões, M.V.P., Husemann, M. & Sekerka, L. 2021. A Catalog of the Tortoise Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae) Collection Deposited in the Zoological Museum Hamburg (ZMH). The Coleopterists Bulletin 75(1): 191–210. DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X-75.1.191 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Staines, C.L. 2009. The Hispine Beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae) of the Caribbean Basin with a Key to the Species of Hispaniola. Annals of Carnegie Museum 78(1): 17–28. DOI: 10.2992/007.078.0102 .
• Staines, C.L. 2010. Nomenclatural notes on Chalepini and Sceloenopliini (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae. Insecta Mundi (0122): 1–2. PDF.
• Stephens, J.F. 1831–1832. Illustrations of British entomology; or, a synopsis of indigenous insects: containing their generic and specific distinctions; with an account of their metamorphoses, times of appearance, localities, food, and economy, as far as practicable. Mandibulata, Vol. IV. London: Baldwin & Cradock, 413 pp., pls. 20–23. [published in parts: pp. 1–366, 1831; 367–413, 1832] BHL Reference page.  [see pages 364, 365]

Links

Cassidinae (in traditional sense)

• Cassidinae of the world – an interactive manual (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) (by Lech Borowiec and Jolanta Świętojańska)
• Cassidinae Gyllenhal, 1813
• Subfamily Cassidinae (Chrysomelidae) – atlas of leaf beetles of Russia

Hispinae (in traditional sense)

• Hispinae Gyllenhal, 1813
• Subfamily Hispinae (Chrysomelidae) – atlas of leaf beetles of Russia
• Staines, C.L. 2015. Catalog of the Hispines of the World (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). Online.
• Hispines of the World by C.L. Staines.
• Indian Species of Chrysomelidae

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Schildkäfer
English: Tortoise Beetles
français: Casside
日本語: カメノコハムシ亜科
русский: Щитоноски

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