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Cassidinae  Gyllenhal, 1813
Taxonomic Serial No.: 719576

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Subfamily  
  Synonym(s): Hispinae Gyllenhal, 1813
  
  Common Name(s): tortoise beetles [English]
  
    tortoiseshell beetles [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2011   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumHexapoda  – hexapods  
                   ClassInsecta  – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes  
                      SubclassPterygota  – insects ailés, winged insects  
                         InfraclassNeoptera  – modern, wing-folding insects  
                            SuperorderHolometabola   
                               OrderColeoptera Linnaeus, 1758 – beetles, coléoptères, besouro  
                                  SuborderPolyphaga Emery, 1886  
                                     InfraorderCucujiformia Lameere, 1938  
                                        SuperfamilyChrysomeloidea Latreille, 1802  
                                           FamilyChrysomelidae Latreille, 1802 – leaf beetles, chrysomèles  
                                              SubfamilyCassidinae Gyllenhal, 1813 – tortoise beetles, tortoiseshell beetles  
    Direct Children:  
                                                 Tribe Alurnini Chapuis, 1875  
                                                 Tribe Anisoderini Chapuis, 1875  
                                                 Tribe Aproidini Weise, 1911  
                                                 Tribe Arescini Chapuis, 1875  
                                                 Tribe Aspidimorphini Chapuis, 1875  
                                                 Tribe Basiprionotini Gressitt, 1952  
                                                 Tribe Botryonopini Chapuis, 1875  
                                                 Tribe Callispini Chapuis, 1875  
                                                 Tribe Callohispini Uhmann, 1960  
                                                 Tribe Cassidini Gyllenhal, 1813  
                                                 Tribe Cephaloleiini Chapuis, 1875  
                                                 Tribe Chalepini Weise, 1910  
                                                 Tribe Coelaenomenoderini Weise, 1911  
                                                 Tribe Cryptonychini Chapuis, 1875  
                                                 Tribe Delocraniini Spaeth, 1929  
                                                 Tribe Dorynotini Monrós and Viana, 1949  
                                                 Tribe Eugenysini Hincks, 1952  
                                                 Tribe Eurispini Chapuis, 1875  
                                                 Tribe Exothispini Weise, 1911  
                                                 Tribe Goniocheniini Spaeth, 1942  
                                                 Tribe Gonophorini Chapuis, 1875  
                                                 Tribe Hemisphaerotini Monrós and Viana, 1951  
                                                 Tribe Hispini Gyllenhal, 1813  
                                                 Tribe Hispoleptini Chapuis, 1875  
                                                 Tribe Hybosispini Weise, 1910  
                                                 Tribe Ischyrosonychini Chapuis, 1875  
                                                 Tribe Leptispini Fairmaire, 1868  
                                                 Tribe Mesomphaliini Hope, 1840  
                                                 Tribe Notosacanthini Hincks, 1952  
                                                 Tribe Omocerini Hincks, 1952  
                                                 Tribe Oncocephalini Chapuis, 1875  
                                                 Tribe Promecothecini Chapuis, 1875  
                                                 Tribe Prosopodontini Weise, 1910  
                                                 Tribe Sceloenoplini Uhmann, 1930  
                                                 Tribe Spilophorini Chapuis, 1875  
       

 References
       
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  Source: Cassidinae of the World - an Interactive Manual, website (version 31/10/2008)  
  Acquired: 2009   
  Notes: Cassidinae of the world - an interactive manual (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), maintained by Lech Borowiec and Jolanta Swietojanska at http://www.biol.uni.wroc.pl/cassidae/katalog%20internetowy/index.htm   
  Reference for: Cassidinae   
       
  Source: Catalog of the hispines of the World, website (version 12/12/2011)  
  Acquired: 2011   
  Notes: Catalog of the hispines of the World (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae), maintained by C.L. Staines at http://entomology.si.edu/collections_coleoptera-hispines.html   
  Reference for: Cassidinae   
       
  Source: Coleoptera type genera and family-group names, database (version May 2025)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: Bouchard, P. (2024). Coleoptera type genera and family-group names (based largely on Bouchard et al. 2024 paper, doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1194.106440). Database available at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/290628/about   
  Reference for: Cassidinae   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Borowiec, Lech  
  Publication Date: 1999   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: A world catalogue of the Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)   
  Page(s): 476   
  Publisher: Biologicae Silesiae   
  Publication Place: Wroclaw, Poland   
  ISBN/ISSN: 83-909804-4-4   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Cassidinae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Bouchard, P., Y. Bousquet, A. Davies, M. Alonso-Zarazaga, J. Lawrence, C. Lyal, A. Newton, et al.  
  Publication Date: 2011   
  Article/Chapter Title: Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: ZooKeys, vol. 88   
  Page(s): 1-972   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1313-2989   
  Notes: doi: 10.3897/zookeys.88.807   
  Reference for: Cassidinae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Riley, Edward G., Shawn M. Clark, and Terry N. Seeno  
  Publication Date: 2003   
  Article/Chapter Title: Catalog of the leaf beetles of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae and Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Coleopterists Society Special Publication no. 1   
  Page(s): 290   
  Publisher: The Coleopterists Society   
  Publication Place: Sacramento, California   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-9726087-1-0   
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  Reference for: Cassidinae   
       

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