Orsodacnidae Temporal range:
| |
---|---|
Orsodacne cerasi | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
Superfamily: | Chrysomeloidea |
Family: |
Orsodacnidae Thomson, 1859 |
Subfamilies | |
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. A fossil species of Aulacoscelis is known from the Early Cretaceous ( Aptian- Albian) Santana Group of Brazil. [2]