Plagiometriona
| Plagiometriona | |
|---|---|
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| Plagiometriona clavata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Cassidinae |
| Tribe: | Cassidini |
| Genus: | Plagiometriona Spaeth, 1899 |
| Synonyms | |
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Helocassis Spaeth, 1952 (disputed) | |
Plagiometriona is a genus of tortoise beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. Several species occurring in Central and North America have sometimes been classified under a separate genus, Helocassis,[1][2] but North American researchers continue to treat Helocassis as a junior synonym.[3][4]
Selected species[edit]
- Plagiometriona ambigena
- Plagiometriona bremei (Boheman, 1855)
- Plagiometriona buqueti (Boheman, 1855)
- Plagiometriona clavata (Fabricius, 1798)
- Plagiometriona costaricensis
- Plagiometriona crucipennis (Boheman, 1855)
- Plagiometriona diffusa
- Plagiometriona distorta (Boheman, 1855)
- Plagiometriona dodonea
- Plagiometriona dorsosignata
- Plagiometriona flavescens
- Plagiometriona flexuosa (Boheman, 1855)
- Plagiometriona forcipata
- Plagiometriona gibbifera
- Plagiometriona herbea
- Plagiometriona latemarginata
- Plagiometriona losi
- Plagiometriona moesta (Boheman, 1855)
- Plagiometriona paleacea
- Plagiometriona palmeirensis
- Plagiometriona ramosa (Boheman, 1855)
- Plagiometriona sahlbergi
- Plagiometriona stillata
- Plagiometriona tenella
- Plagiometriona tortuguilla
- Plagiometriona tredecimguttata
- Plagiometriona vigens
- Plagiometriona zelleri (Boheman, 1855)
References[edit]
- ^ "Helocassis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
- ^ "Helocassis". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
- ^ Genus Plagiometriona - BugGuide
- ^ Tortoise Beetle Taxonomy - BugGuide