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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Cucujiformia
Cladus: Phytophaga
Superfamilia: Chrysomeloidea

Familia: Orsodacnidae
Subfamiliae (2): Aulacoscelidinae - Orsodacninae
Name

Orsodacnidae Thomson, 1859

Type genus: Orsodacne Latreille, 1802.
References

Clark, S.M. and E.G. Riley 2002: Orsodacnidae. pp. 613-616 in Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). American Beetles. Volume 2. Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL. xiv + 861 pp.
I.Löbl & A.Smetana (eds). 2010 Catalogue of Palearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 6: Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark
ISBN 978-87-88757-84-2, p. 337

Links

Orsodacnidae in SYNOPSIS OF THE DESCRIBED COLEOPTERA OF THE WORLD
Tree of Life Web Project. 2005. Orsodacnidae. Version 01 January 2005 (temporary) in The Tree of Life Web Project

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

Aulacoscelis
Janbechynea
Orsodacne

References

Shawn M. Clark and Edward G. Riley. "123. ORSODACNIDAE Thompson 1859". American Beetles: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea Through Curculionoidea. Vol. 2. CRC. pp. 613–615. doi:10.1201/9781420041231.ch8.
Legalov, A. A. (2021-05-20). "First record of orsodacnid leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Orsodacnidae) from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil". Historical Biology: 1–5. doi:10.1080/08912963.2021.1929204. ISSN 0891-2963. S2CID 236395989.

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