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The Cassidini are a tribe within the Leaf beetle family Chrysomelidae, and the Tortoise and Hispine Beetles subfamily Cassidinae. From the Latin Cassis for a metal helmet.
The Cassidini specimen pictured here was rescued from a swimming pool in Alice Springs in Central Australia. Possible suggestion that it is the genus Cassida and possibly the species Cassida mera.
Check out our section on Chrysomelidae | Chrysomelidae Index
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Coleoptera
- Suborder: Polyphaga
- Superfamily: Chrysomeloidea
- Family: Chrysomelidae
- Subfamily: Cassidinae
- Tribe: Cassidini
- Subtribe:
- Aspidimorphina
- Cassidina
Footnote & References
- Many thanks to Kimberi Pullen, Tony Eales and Jason Mate for help with the ID, members of Australasian Beetles Only, Facebook group, https://www.facebook.com/groups/1180404322409639/
- Cassidini Gyllenhal, 1813, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/Cassidini
- Tribe Cassidini, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/373656-Cassidini
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