Oligocassida

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Translingual

Oligocassida melaena

Etymology

oligo- +‎ Cassida, with oligo- representing the Oligocene, the geological epoch in which the fossil was found.

Proper noun

†Oligocassida f

A taxonomic genus within the family Chrysomelidae – extinct leaf beetle from the Oligocene period, known by a single fossil.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Holometabola – superorder; Coleoptera – order; Polyphaga – suborder; Cucujiformia – infraorder; Chrysomelidae – family; Cassidinae – subfamily

Hyponyms

(genus): Oligocassida melaena – type species

References

Oligocassida on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Oligocassida on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Oligocassida on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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