Spilophorini

Life-forms

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: Chrysomelidae
Subfamilia: Cassidinae
Tribus: Spilophorini
Genera: Calyptocephala – Cladispa – Oediopalpa – Spilophora
Name

Spilophorini Chapuis, 1875
Synonymy

Spilophorites Chapuis, 1875: 364
Spilophoritae: Spaeth, 1929: 113
Spilophorini: Monrós & Viana, 1951: 377
Amplipalpini Weise, 1910: 69
Oediopalpini Monrós & Viana, 1947: 140 [syn. Staines (2002: 727)]

References
Primary references

Chapuis, F. 1875. Tome onzième. Famille des phytophages. In: Lacordaire, J.T. & Chapuis, F. (eds) Histoire naturelle des insectes. Genera des coléoptères, ou exposé méthodique et critique de tous les genres proposés jusqu'ici dans cet ordre d'insectes. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. 420 pp. BHL. Reference page.
Staines, C.L. 2002. The New World tribes and genera of hispines (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae. Cassidinae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 104(3): 721–784. BHL. Reference page.
Weise, J. 1910. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der amerikanischen Hispinen. Archiv Für Naturgeschichte 76(1): 67–127. BHL.

Additional references

Borowiec, L. 1999. A world catalogue of the Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Biologica Silesiae, Wrocław, 476 pp.
Bouchard, P., Bousquet, Y., Davies, A.E., Alonso-Zarazaga, M.A., Lawrence, J.F., Lyal, C.H.C., Newton, A.F., Reid, C.A.M., Schmitt, M., Ślipiński, S.A. & Smith, A.B.T. 2011. Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta). ZooKeys 88: 1–972. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.88.807 Open access. PMC: 3088472 Open access. Reference page.
Monrós, F. & Viana, M.J. 1951. Las Cassidinae de la Seccion "Hemisphaerotina" con revision de las especies Argentinos (Col. Cassidinae) (2a contribución al conocimiento de Cassidinae). Acta Zoologica Lilloana 11: 367–395. Reference page.
Sekerka, L., Windsor, D.M. & Dury, G.J. 2014. Cladispa Baly: revision, biology and reassignment of the genus to the tribe Spilophorini (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). Systematic Entomology 39(3): 518–530. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12070 Paywall. hdl: 10088/21971 Open access. Reference page.

Links

Spilophorini. Cassidinae of the world.
Tribe Spilophorini Chapuis. Catalog of the Hispines of the World (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae).

The Neotropical tortoise beetle tribe Spilophorini comprises two genera, Calyptocephala Chevrolat, 1836 (12 species) and Spilophora Boheman, 1850 (18 species).[1] Biological information is limited. [2][3]
References

Borowiec L, and J. Świętojańska. 2002–2021. World Catalog of Cassidinae, Wrocław, Poland. URL http://www.cassidae.uni.wroc.pl/katalog%20internetowy/index.htm
Córdova-Ballona, L. & S. Sánchez-Soto. 2008. Bionomics data and descriptions of the immatures of Calyptocephala gerstaeckeri Boheman (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), pest of the oil palm (Elaeis guineensis J.) and camedor palm (Chamaedorea elegans Mart.) (Arecaceae) in Tabasco, Mexico. Neotropical Entomology 37(6):674–680.
Nishida, K., L. Ferrufino-Acosta, & C.S. Chaboo. 2020. A new host plant family for Cassidinae s.l.: Calyptocephala attenuata (Spaeth, 1919) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Spilophorini) on Smilax (Smilacaceae) in Costa Rica. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 96(4): 263–267.