Orsodacnidae

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

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