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Scelida

Scelida is a genus of skeletonizing leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are at least four described species in Scelida. They are found in North America and the Neotropics.

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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Galerucinae
Tribe: Luperini
Subtribe: Luperina
Genus: Scelida
Chapuis, 1875
Scelida nigricornis
Scelida nigricornis source ↗

Scelida is a genus of skeletonizing leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are at least four described species in Scelida. They are found in North America and the Neotropics.123

Species

These four species belong to the genus Scelida:

References

References

  1. "Scelida Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. "Scelida". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
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