Parorectis

Parorectis is a genus of tortoise beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are at least three described species in Parorectis.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Parorectis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Tribe:	Cassidini
Genus:	Parorectis Spaeth, 1901

Species

These three species belong to the genus Parorectis:[2][3][4]

• Parorectis callosa (Boheman, 1854)
• Parorectis rugosa (Boheman, 1854)
• Parorectis sublaevis (Barber, 1946)

References

1. "Parorectis Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
2. "Parorectis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
3. "Parorectis Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
4. "Browse Parorectis". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
5. Staines, C.L. "Catalog of the hispines of the World". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
6. "North American Cryptocephalus species (Chrysomelidae, Cryptocephalinae)". Texas Entomology. Retrieved 2018-03-06.

Further reading

• Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0849309540.
• Barney, R.J.; Clark, S.M.; Riley, E.G. (2007). "Annotated list of the leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) of Kentucky: Subfamily Cassidinae". J. Kentucky Acad. Sci. 68: 132–144.
• Blatchley, W.S. (1910). An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub.
• Borowiec, Lech (1999). A world catalogue of the Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Biologicae Silesiae. ISBN 83-909804-4-4.
• Clark, S.M.; Le Doux, D.G.; Riley, E.G.; Gilbert, A.J.; et al. (2004). "Host Plants of Leaf Beetle Species Occurring in the United States and Canada". Coleopterists Society. ISBN 9780972608732. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
• LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558.
• Reid, C.A.M.; Beatson, M. (2013). "Chrysomelid males with enlarged mandibles: three new species and a review of occurrence in the family (Coleoptera:Chrysomelidae)". Zootaxa. 3619: 79–100.
• Riley, Edward G.; Clark, Shawn M.; Gilbert, Arthur J. (2001). "New records, nomenclatural changes, and taxonomic notes for select North American leaf beetles". Insecta Mundi. 15 (1): 1–17.
• Riley, Edward G.; Clark, Shawn M.; Seeno, Terry N. (2003). Catalog of the leaf beetles of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae and Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae). Special Publication no. 1. The Coleopterists Society. ISBN 0-9726087-1-0.
• White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897.