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,^[1] priority is given to the name Cassidinae.^[2]

Phylum:Arthropoda

Class:Insecta

Order:Coleoptera

Suborder:Polyphaga

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Cassidini
Cassida viridis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:	Cassidinae
Tribe:	Cassidini Gyllenhal, 1813
Genera
~40; see text
Synonyms
Cassideae Gyllenhal, 1813 Cassidini: Gressitt, 1952 Basiptites Chapuis, 1875 Hybosites Chapuis, 1875 Cassidites: Chapuis, 1875 Chiridites Chapuis, 1875 Coptocyclitae Spaeth, 1926 Charidotitae Spaeth, 1942 Charidotini: Hincks, 1952

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In a 2017 cladistic analysis of Cassidini based on morphological characters, Cassidini was found to be nonmonophyletic with respect to Aspidimorphini, leading the authors of the study to formally synonymize the latter with the former. The same authors also suggested that Ischyrosonychini should also be included within Cassidini.^[3]