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;
Oxypeltidae
The Oxypeltidae are a small family belonging to the superfamily Chrysomeloidea, widespread in the Andean region of Chile and Argentina. They have traditionally been considered a group within the Cerambycidae.
Description
The body is massive and ...
is smaller, with only three species in
South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the sout ...
. A fossil species of ''Aulacoscelis'' is known from the
Early Cretaceous (
Aptian-
Albian
The Albian is both an age of the geologic timescale and a stage in the stratigraphic column. It is the youngest or uppermost subdivision of the Early/Lower Cretaceous Epoch/ Series. Its approximate time range is 113.0 ± 1.0 Ma to 100.5 ± 0 ...
)
Santana Group
The Santana Group is a geologic group, formerly included as the middle part of the Araripe Group, in the Araripe Basin of northeastern Brazil. The group comprises the Crato, Ipubi and Romualdo Formations and is dated to the Aptian to Albian stag ...
of Brazil.
Genera
* ''
Aulacoscelis''
* ''
Janbechynea''
* ''
Orsodacne''
References
Beetle families
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