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Promecothecini

Promecothecini is a tribe of old-world leaf beetles within the subfamily Cassidinae.

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Promecothecini
Promecotheca cumingii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Cassidinae
Tribe: Promecothecini
Chapuis, 187512
Synonyms
  • Promecothecites Chapuis, 1875
  • Promecothecini: Weise, 1911

Promecothecini is a tribe of old-world leaf beetles within the subfamily Cassidinae.3

Genera

BioLib4 includes:

  1. Promecispa: monotypic Promecispa voeltzkowi Weise, 1909 - Madagascar
  2. Promecotheca Blanchard, 1853 - Asia widespread
References

References

  1. Chapuis F (1875) Tome onzième. Famille des phytophages. In: Lacordaire JT & Chapuis F (eds) Histoire naturelle des insectes. Genera des coléoptères, ou exposé méthodique et critique de tous les genres proposés jusqu'ici dans cet ordre d'insectes. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. 420 pp. [300]
  2. "Promecothecini". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2025-10-17.
  3. Staines, C.L. (2012). "Hispines of the World: Tribe Promecothecini" (PDF). USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. Retrieved October 17, 2025.
  4. BioLib.cz: tribus Promecothecini Weise, 1911 (retrieved 20 October 2025)
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