Parorectis

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

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]}

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.

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.
• 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.
• 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). Vol. Special Publication no. 1. The Coleopterists Society. ISBN   0-9726087-1-0.