Omocerus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chrysomeloidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata 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: Omocerini
Genus: Omocerus
Subgenera: O. (Nebroma) – O. (Omocerus) – O. (Paratauroma) – O. (Platytauroma)

Name

Omocerus Chevrolat, 1835

Type species: Cassida bicornis Linnaeus, 1763

Synonyms

• Tauroma Hope, 1839: 97
  • Type species: Cassida taurus Fabricius, 1787, by original designation.
• Paratauroma Spaeth, 1913
• Platytauroma Spaeth, 1913
• Nebroma Spaeth, 1913

References

Primary references

• Hope, F.W. 1839. Observations on the Tortoise or Shield Beetles, commonly denominated Cassida by Linnæus, with the Characters of Six New Genera. Annals of Natural History 3(15): 92–100. BHL. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Sekerka, L. 2009. Omocerus (s. str.) kaboureki, a new species from Brazil (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Omocerini). Genus 20(4): 563–566. PDF.