Orsodacnidae
Family of beetles
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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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| Orsodacnidae Temporal range: | |
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| Orsodacne cerasi | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Superfamily: | Chrysomeloidea |
| Family: | Orsodacnidae Thomson, 1859 |
| Subfamilies | |
Subfamilies and genera
- Subfamily Aulacoscelidinae
- Subfamily Orsodacninae
