Aulacoscelidinae

The beetle subfamily Aulacoscelidinae (sometimes misspelled "Aulacoscelinae") is a small, uncommonly-encountered group presently classified within the family Orsodacnidae, historically placed as a subfamily of Chrysomelidae, or sometimes classified as a separate family Aulacoscelidae.[1][2][3] There are only 19 species, mostly Neotropical in distribution, and their larval habits are unknown.[4][5]

Aulacoscelidinae
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Aulacoscelidinae
Genera

Aulacoscelis
Janbechynea

References

  1. "Subfamily Aulacoscelidinae - BugGuide.Net". bugguide.net. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
  2. "Molecular evidence of cycad seed predation by immature Aulacoscelidinae (Coleoptera: Orsodacnidae) | Request PDF". ResearchGate. Retrieved 2019-03-12.
  3. "Subfamily Aulacoscelidinae". iNaturalist.ca. Retrieved 2019-03-12.
  4. "Fossilworks: Aulacoscelidinae". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2019-03-12.
  5. Pseudomegamerus; Protosceloides; Protoscelis (2012). "Molecular evidence of cycad seed predation by immature Aulacoscelidinae ( Coleoptera : Orsodacnidae )". www.semanticscholar.org. Retrieved 2019-03-12.


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