Aproidini
Appearance
Aproidini | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Chrysomelidae |
Subfamily: | Cassidinae |
Tribe: | Aproidini Weise 1911 |
Aproidini is a tribe of tortoise and leaf-mining beetles (Cassidinae) with three recognized species.[1]
It is a monophyletic tribe, found most closely related to Eurispini and Exothispini.[2] The known host plant is Eustrephus latifolius R. Br. Ex Ker-Gawl.
Species
- Aproida
- Aproida cribata Lea 1929
- Aproida balyi Pascoe 1863
- Aproida monteithi Samuelson 1989
References
- ^ Staines, C. L. 2015. Catalog of the hispines of the World (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). https://entomology.si.edu/coleoptera/hispines/PDFs_2015_updates/Aproidini_2015.pdf
- ^ Chaboo, C. S. 2007. Biology and phylogeny of Cassidinae Gyllenhal (tortoise and leaf-mining beetles) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 305: 1–250.