Orsodacnidae Explained

The Orsodacnidae are a small family of leaf beetles, previously included as a subfamily within the Chrysomelidae. It is the smallest of the Chrysomeloid families in North America;[1] Oxypeltidae is smaller, with only three species in South America. A fossil species of Aulacoscelis is known from the Early Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian) Santana Group of Brazil.[2]

Genera

References

  1. Book: American Beetles: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea Through Curculionoidea. 2. Shawn M. Clark and Edward G. Riley. 123. ORSODACNIDAE Thompson 1859. 613–615. CRC. 10.1201/9781420041231.ch8.
  2. Legalov. A. A.. 2021-05-20. First record of orsodacnid leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Orsodacnidae) from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil. Historical Biology. 1–5. 10.1080/08912963.2021.1929204. 236395989. 0891-2963.

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