Plagiometriona

Plagiometriona
Plagiometriona clavata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:	Cassidinae
Tribe:	Cassidini
Genus:	Plagiometriona Spaeth, 1899
Synonyms
Helocassis Spaeth, 1952 (disputed)

Plagiometriona is a genus of tortoise beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. Several species occurring in Central and North America have sometimes been classified under a separate genus, Helocassis , ^{[1] [2]} but North American researchers continue to treat Helocassis as a junior synonym. ^{[3] [4]}

Selected species

• Plagiometriona ambigena
• Plagiometriona bremei (Boheman, 1855)
• Plagiometriona buqueti (Boheman, 1855)
• Plagiometriona clavata (Fabricius, 1798)
• Plagiometriona costaricensis
• Plagiometriona crucipennis (Boheman, 1855)
• Plagiometriona diffusa
• Plagiometriona distorta (Boheman, 1855)
• Plagiometriona dodonea
• Plagiometriona dorsosignata
• Plagiometriona flavescens
• Plagiometriona flexuosa (Boheman, 1855)
• Plagiometriona forcipata
• Plagiometriona gibbifera
• Plagiometriona herbea
• Plagiometriona latemarginata
• Plagiometriona losi
• Plagiometriona moesta (Boheman, 1855)
• Plagiometriona paleacea
• Plagiometriona palmeirensis
• Plagiometriona ramosa (Boheman, 1855)
• Plagiometriona sahlbergi
• Plagiometriona stillata
• Plagiometriona tenella
• Plagiometriona tortuguilla
• Plagiometriona tredecimguttata
• Plagiometriona vigens
• Plagiometriona zelleri (Boheman, 1855)

References

1. "Helocassis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
2. "Helocassis". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
3. Genus Plagiometriona - BugGuide
4. Tortoise Beetle Taxonomy - BugGuide