Cassida Linnaeus 1758 (tortoise beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Parent taxon: Cassidini according to P. Bouchard et al. 2011

See also Fabricius 1775, Fabricius 1798, Geoffroy 1762, Latreille 1796, Latreille 1802, Linnaeus 1758, Linnaeus 1761, Linnaeus 1767, Müller 1764, Müller 1776, Schaeffer 1766 and Scopoli 1763

Sister taxa: Acassidites, Callistaspis, Eocassida

Subtaxa: Cassida blancheti Cassida dufouri Cassida hermione Cassida interemta Cassida kramstae Cassida megapenthes

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Quaternary of France (1 collection)

• Miocene of France (1), Germany (2)

• Oligocene of France (5), Germany (1)

• Eocene of Denmark (1), Germany (1)

Total: 12 collections including 13 occurrences

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