Cassida

Cassida
C. nebulosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Coleoptera
Family:Chrysomelidae
Tribe:Cassidini
Genus:Cassida
Linnaeus, 1758
Type species
Cassida nebulosa
Diversity
at least 430 species
Cassida vibex
Cassida azurea

Cassida is a large Old World genus of tortoise beetles in the subfamily Cassidinae. Several species of Cassida are important agricultural pests, in particular C. vittata and C. nebulosa on sugar beet and spinach. The thistle tortoise beetle (Cassida rubiginosa) has been used as a biological control agent against Canada thistle.

There are at least 440 described species in Cassida.[1][2][3][4][5][6] It is the most specioise genus of the subfamily Cassidinae.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Cassida Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  2. ↑ "Browse Cassida". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  3. ↑ "Cassida". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  4. ↑ "Cassida Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  5. ↑ Staines, C.L. "Catalog of the hispines of the World". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  6. ↑ "North American Cryptocephalus species (Chrysomelidae, Cryptocephalinae)". Texas Entomology. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  7. ↑ Boroweic, L. (1999). A world catalogue of the Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Biologica Silesiae.

  • "Chrysomelidae". Joe Hallan's Catalogue. Archived from the original on 2013-09-25.

Further reading

  • Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0849309540.
  • Barney, R.J.; Clark, S.M.; Riley, E.G. (2007). "Annotated list of the leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) of Kentucky: Subfamily Cassidinae". J. Kentucky Acad. Sci. 68: 132–144.
  • Blatchley, W.S. (1910). An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub.
  • Borowiec, Lech (1999). A world catalogue of the Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Biologicae Silesiae. ISBN 83-909804-4-4.
  • Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". Zookeys. Pensoft Publishers. 88 (88). doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. ISSN 1313-2989.
  • Clark, S.M.; Le Doux, D.G.; Riley, E.G.; Gilbert, A.J.; et al. (2004). "Host Plants of Leaf Beetle Species Occurring in the United States and Canada". Coleopterists Society. ISBN 9780972608732.
  • LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558.
  • Reid, C.A.M.; Beatson, M. (2013). "Chrysomelid males with enlarged mandibles: three new species and a review of occurrence in the family (Coleoptera:Chrysomelidae)". Zootaxa. 3619: 79–100.
  • Riley, Edward G.; Clark, Shawn M.; Gilbert, Arthur J. (2001). "New records, nomenclatural changes, and taxonomic notes for select North American leaf beetles". Insecta Mundi. 15 (1): 1–17.
  • Riley, Edward G.; Clark, Shawn M.; Seeno, Terry N. (2003). Catalog of the leaf beetles of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae and Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae). Special Publication. The Coleopterists Society. ISBN 0-9726087-1-0.
  • White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897.

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