Cassidini

Cassidini
Cassida viridis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Cassidinae
Tribe: Cassidini
Gyllenhal, 1813
Genera

~40; see text

Synonyms
  • Cassideae Gyllenhal, 1813
  • Cassidini: Gressitt, 1952
  • Basiptites Chapuis, 1875
  • Hybosites Chapuis, 1875
  • Cassidites: Chapuis, 1875
  • Chiridites Chapuis, 1875
  • Coptocyclitae Spaeth, 1926
  • Charidotitae Spaeth, 1942
  • Charidotini: Hincks, 1952
Plagiometriona clavata
Charidotella sexpunctata larva covered by fecal shield

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,[1] priority is given to the name Cassidinae.[2]

  1. ^ Chen, S. H. (1940). "Attempt at a new classification of the leaf beetles". Sinensia. 11: 451–481.
  2. ^ Chaboo, CS (2007). "Biology and phylogeny of the Cassidinae Gyllenhal sensu lato (tortoise and leaf-mining beetles) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 305: 1–250. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2007)305[1:BAPOTC]2.0.CO;2.