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Orsodacnidae Temporal range: Aptian–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Orsodacne cerasi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
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; 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.

Subfamilies and genera

• Subfamily Aulacoscelidinae
  • Aulacoscelis
  • Janbechynea
• Subfamily Orsodacninae
  • Orsodacne

References

1. Shawn M. Clark and Edward G. Riley. "123. ORSODACNIDAE Thompson 1859". American Beetles: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea Through Curculionoidea. Vol. 2. CRC. pp. 613–615. doi:10.1201/9781420041231.ch8 (inactive 2024-11-12).{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of November 2024 (link)
2. Legalov, A. A. (2021-05-20). "First record of orsodacnid leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Orsodacnidae) from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil". Historical Biology. 34 (3): 453–457. doi:10.1080/08912963.2021.1929204. ISSN 0891-2963. S2CID 236395989.

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