Clytrini | |
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Clytra laeviuscula | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Chrysomelidae |
Subfamily: | Cryptocephalinae |
Tribe: |
Clytrini Lacordaire, 1848 |
Genera | |
Many, see text | |
Synonyms | |
Clytrinae |
The Clytrini are a tribe within the leaf beetle subfamily Cryptocephalinae, though historically they were often treated as a distinct subfamily, Clytrinae. As the other Cryptocephalinae, they belong to the group of case-bearing leaf beetles known as Camptosomata.
Clytrini are known for their myrmecophily. [1]
Clytrini | |
---|---|
Clytra laeviuscula | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Chrysomelidae |
Subfamily: | Cryptocephalinae |
Tribe: |
Clytrini Lacordaire, 1848 |
Genera | |
Many, see text | |
Synonyms | |
Clytrinae |
The Clytrini are a tribe within the leaf beetle subfamily Cryptocephalinae, though historically they were often treated as a distinct subfamily, Clytrinae. As the other Cryptocephalinae, they belong to the group of case-bearing leaf beetles known as Camptosomata.
Clytrini are known for their myrmecophily. [1]