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Checklist for Tribe Cassidini Gyllenhal, 1813 (Tortoise Beetles)
and region Australasia (Oceania)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
942
23049
129157
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
938
23017
129086
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
883
22694
128014
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
534
17158
106564
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
144
6439
46908
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
127
5615
39050
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Cucujiformia
Lameere, 1938
75
3424
20433
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Chrysomeloidea
Latreille, 1802
Bark Runner, Leaf Beetles, Long-horned Beetles
3
376
3249
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyChrysomelidae
Latreille, 1802
Casebearers, Indet Leaf Beetle, Leaf and Seed Beetles
370
3224
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyCassidinae
Gyllenhal, 1813
Leaf-mining beetles, Tortoise beetles
54
375
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeCassidini
Gyllenhal, 1813
Tortoise Beetles
9
40
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Australasia
9 Genera with 40 Species
Austropsecadia Hincks, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Cassida Linnaeus, 1896Tortoise Beetles23SpeciesTaxom
Charidotella Weise, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Charidotis Boheman, 18291SpeciesTaxom
Chiridopsis Spaeth, 18622SpeciesTaxom
Emdenia Spaeth, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Lorentzocassis Spaeth, 20032SpeciesTaxom
Meroscalsis Spaeth, 19036SpeciesTaxom
Thlaspidula Spaeth, 20013SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Australasia
40 Species
Austropsecadia chlorina Weise, 1899
Cassida (Cassida) rubiginosa O.F. Müller, 1776Black crowberry
Cassida (Cassida) seladonia Gyllenhal, 1827
Cassida (Crepidaspis) albertisi Spaeth, 1903
Cassida (Crepidaspis) astrolabiana Spaeth, 1903
Cassida (Crepidaspis) aureola Spaeth, 1915
Cassida (Crepidaspis) biguttata Spaeth, 1903
Cassida (Crepidaspis) circumdata Herbst, 1799Green tortoise beetle
Cassida (Crepidaspis) compuncta Boheman, 1855
Cassida (Crepidaspis) diomma Boisduval, 1835
Cassida (Crepidaspis) papuana Spaeth, 1903
Cassida (Crepidaspis) salomonina Spaeth, 1936
Cassida (Crepidaspis) sexguttata Boisduval, 1835
Cassida (Pseudocassis) flaveola (Thunberg, 1794)⇒ Cassida flaveola Thunberg, 1794
Cassida (Tylocentra) cristobalensis Spaeth, 1936
Cassida (Tylocentra) denticulata Boheman, 1856
Cassida (Tylocentra) mera Germar, 1848
Cassida (Tylocentra) navicella Boheman, 1862
Cassida (Tylocentra) queenslandica Borowiec, 2006
Cassida (Tylocentra) sappho Boheman, 1862
Cassida adelaidae (Blackburn, 1896)⇒ Cassida navicella Boheman, 1862
Cassida holmgreni
Cassida polymeriae Borowiec and..., 2011
Cassida prothoracica (Blackburn, 1896)⇒ Cassida sappho Boheman, 1862
Charidotella (Chaerocassis) purpurata Boheman, 1855Small Orange Tortoise Beetle
Charidotis pygmaea Klug, 1829
Chiridopsis aequinoctialis Olivier, 1808
Chiridopsis laetifica Boheman, 1862
Emdenia maxima Blackburn, 1896
Lorentzocassis papuana Spaeth, 1913Eugenia caterpillar
Lorentzocassis riedeli Borowiec, 2003
Meroscalsis blackburni Spaeth, 1913
Meroscalsis dohertyi Spaeth, 1913Eugenia caterpillar
Meroscalsis pulcherrima Spaeth, 1903
Meroscalsis radiata Boheman, 1855
Meroscalsis selecta Spaeth, 1903
Meroscalsis weisei Spaeth, 1903
Thlaspidula boisduvali Boheman, 1854
Thlaspidula muelleri Spaeth, 1903
Thlaspidula riedeli Borowiec & S..., 2001


Links, sources and further information
Cassidini at artfakta.se
Cassidini at dyntaxa.se
Cassidini at gbif.org
Cassidini at itis.gov