Paraselenis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chrysomeloidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Cucujiformia Cladus: Phytophaga Superfamilia: Chrysomeloidea

Familia: Chrysomelidae
Subfamilia: Cassidinae
Tribus: Mesomphaliini
Genus: Paraselenis
Subgenera: P. (Paraselenis) – P. (Spaethiechoma)

Paraselenis Spaeth, 1913

Gender: feminine

Type species: Cassida axillaris Sahlberg, 1823, by subsequent designation by Hincks 1952: 335.

Spaeth, F. 1913. Kritische Studien über den Umfang und die Begrenzung mehrerer Cassiden-Gattungen nebst Beschreibung neuer amerikan. Arten. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 79: 126–164.
Hincks, W.D. 1952. The genera of the Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 103: 327–358. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.1952.tb01061.x .

Mota, A.A., Sekerka, L., Machado, R.J.P. & Simões, M.V.P. 2025. Generic Reassignment of Paraselenis marginipennis (Spaeth, 1907) with Updated Key to Genera and Subgenera of Mesomphaliini with Diminutive Scutellum (Coleoptera: Cassidinae). Annales Zoologici 75(4): 1149–1162. DOI: 10.3161/00034541ANZ2025.75.4.013 . Reference page. [subgenus Pseudechoma synonymized with Omaspides]