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Orsodacnidae

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Orsodacnidae
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Orsodacnidae

Thomson, 1859
Subfamilies

Aulacoscelidinae
Orsodacninae

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.

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References

  1. ^ 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.