Aulacoscelidinae

Aulacoscelidinae
	Aulacoscelis melanocera
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Orsodacnidae
Subfamily:	Aulacoscelidinae
Genera
	Aulacoscelis; Janbechynea

The beetle subfamily Aulacoscelidinae (sometimes misspelled "Aulacoscelinae") is a small, uncommonly-encountered group presently classified within the family Orsodacnidae, historically placed as a subfamily of Chrysomelidae, or sometimes classified as a separate family Aulacoscelidae. There are only 19 species, mostly Neotropical in distribution, and their larval habits are unknown.^[1]^[2]^[3]

References

^ "Fossilworks: Aulacoscelidinae". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2019-03-12.
^ Prado, Alberto; Mckenna, Duane D.; Windsor, Donald (October 2012). "Molecular evidence of cycad seed predation by immature Aulacoscelidinae (Coleoptera: Orsodacnidae)". Systematic Entomology. 37 (4): 747–757. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2012.00639.x. S2CID 85984054.
^ "Subfamily Aulacoscelidinae - BugGuide.Net". bugguide.net. Retrieved 2019-03-11.

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[1] "Fossilworks: Aulacoscelidinae". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2019-03-12.

[2] Prado, Alberto; Mckenna, Duane D.; Windsor, Donald (October 2012). "Molecular evidence of cycad seed predation by immature Aulacoscelidinae (Coleoptera: Orsodacnidae)". Systematic Entomology. 37 (4): 747–757. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2012.00639.x. S2CID 85984054.

[3] "Subfamily Aulacoscelidinae - BugGuide.Net". bugguide.net. Retrieved 2019-03-11.

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