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Baliosus

Baliosus is a genus of tortoise beetles and hispines in the family Chrysomelidae. There are at least 40 described species in Baliosus.

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Baliosus
Baliosus nervosus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Tribe: Chalepini
Genus: Baliosus
Weise, 1905
Synonyms
  • Parabaliosus Monrós & Viana, 1947

Baliosus is a genus of tortoise beetles and hispines in the family Chrysomelidae. There are at least 40 described species in Baliosus.12345

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Species

References

References

  1. "Baliosus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  2. "Baliosus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  3. "Baliosus Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  4. "North American Cryptocephalus species (Chrysomelidae, Cryptocephalinae)". Texas Entomology.
  5. Staines C.L. "Catalog of the hispines of the World". Smithsonian Institution.
Further reading

Further reading

  • Arnett, R. H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (21 June 2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida.
  • Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
  • White, Richard E. (1968). A Review of the Genus Cryptocephalus in America North of Mexico. Smithsonian Institution Press.
  • White, Richard E. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.