Hilarocassis Explained

Hilarocassis is a genus of tortoise beetles and hispines in the family Chrysomelidae. There are about 10 described species in Hilarocassis.

Species

These 10 species belong to the genus Hilarocassis:

• Hilarocassis albida (Germar, 1824)
• Hilarocassis bordoni Borowiec, 2002
• Hilarocassis evanida (Boheman, 1850)
• Hilarocassis exclamationis (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Hilarocassis maculicollis Swietojanska, 2003
• Hilarocassis nigritarsis (Boheman, 1854)
• Hilarocassis quinquelineata Spaeth, 1913
• Hilarocassis rubripennis (Spaeth, 1922)
• Hilarocassis suturella (Boheman, 1850)
• Hilarocassis venusta (Boheman, 1854)

Further reading

• Annotated list of the leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) of Kentucky: Subfamily Cassidinae. 2007. Barney . R. J.. Clark . S. M.. Riley . E. G.. Journal of the Kentucky Academy of Science. 68. 2. 132–144. 10.3101/1098-7096(2007)68[132:ALOTLB]2.0.CO;2. 198148537.
• Book: A world catalogue of the Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). 1999. Borowiec . Lech. Biologicae Silesiae. 978-83-909804-4-7.
• Book: Catalog of the leaf beetles of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae and Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae). 2003. Riley . Edward G.. Clark . Shawn M.. Seeno . Terry N.. The Coleopterists' Society. Special Publication No. 1. 978-0-9726087-1-8.
• Book: Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6: Chrysomeloidea. 2013. Lobl . I.. Smetana . A.. Apollo Books. 978-90-04-26091-7.