Cassidini
The Cassidini are a tribe within the leaf beetle subfamily Cassidinae. The Cassidini comprises approximately 40 genera worldwide, and is one of the largest tribes in the subfamily, containing most of the genera and species known collectively as "tortoise beetles". The subfamily names Cassidinae and Hispinae were both founded by Gyllenhal in the same 1813 book, but following the Principle of the First Reviser, Chen in this case, priority is given to the name Cassidinae.Names
Cassidini Gyllenhal, 1813
Synonyms:
- Cassideae Gyllenhal, 1813: 434.
- Cassidini: Gressitt, 1952: 473
- Basiptites Chapuis, 1875: 379.
- Hybosites Chapuis, 1875: 380.
- Cassidites: Chapuis, 1875: 383.
- Chiridites Chapuis, 1875: 405.
- Coptocyclitae Spaeth, 1926: 7.
- Charidotitae Spaeth, 1942: 40.
- Charidotini: Hincks, 1952: 330; Seeno and Wilcox, 1982: 179.
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