For example, the tortoise beetles, like the ladybird beetles, look similar because they are shaped so that they can cling to a flat surface so closely that ants and many other enemies cannot grip them.
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Swarming the world in a dazzling array of shapes, colors and sizes from gargantuan Goliath beetles to jewel-like tortoise beetles to dearly familiar ladybugs, beetles, with more species than any other plant or animal group on earth, are the undeniable rulers of the planet.
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The importance to science of Norris's cabinet of curiosities was acknowledged by leading naturalists of the day, including Calocochlia norrisii "; the ladybird " Neda norrisii "; the weevil " Heilipus norrisii "; the tortoise beetle " Acentroptera norrisii "; and the longhorn beetle " Pseudophosphorus norrisii ".
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It includes both the former subfamily " Hispinae " ( leaf-mining beetles ), as well as the former more narrowly defined subfamily Cassidinae ( familiar as "'tortoise beetles "') which are now split into several tribes that include the tribe Cassidini, and in all include over 125 genera.
