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Delocrania

Delocrania is a genus of Neotropical leaf beetles, erected by Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville in 1844. It is the sole genus of the tribe Delocraniini, in the subfamily Cassidinae; species are recorded from the Caribbean, central and South America.

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Delocrania
Delocrania cossyphoides
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Cassidinae
Tribe: Delocraniini
Spaeth, 1929
Genus: Delocrania
Guérin-Méneville, 1844
Synonyms

Delocrania Dejean, 1836

Delocrania is a genus of Neotropical leaf beetles, erected by Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville in 1844.1 It is the sole genus of the tribe Delocraniini, in the subfamily Cassidinae; species are recorded from the Caribbean, central and South America.2

Species

The Global Biodiversity Information Facility2 lists:

  1. Delocrania cossyphoides Guérin-Méneville, 1844
  2. Delocrania latipennis Champion, 1893
  3. Delocrania panamensis Champion, 1893
References

References

  1. Guérin-Méneville FE (1844) Magasin de Zool., (2) 6.
  2. Global Biodiversity Information Facility: genus Delocrania Guérin-Méneville, 1844 (retrieved 29 October 2025)
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