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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Megalopodid Leaf Beetles (Megalopodidae) » Zeugophora

Genus Zeugophora

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Food · Remarks · Works Cited
Aspen gall - Zeugophora Black beetle with orange head - Zeugophora Megalopodid Leaf Beetle - Zeugophora varians Zeugophora Zeugophora Zeugophora scutellaris? - Zeugophora Zeugophora scutellaris? - Zeugophora Zeugophora sp. - Zeugophora
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Longhorn and Leaf Beetles)
Family Megalopodidae (Megalopodid Leaf Beetles)
Genus Zeugophora
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
needs revision(1)
Explanation of Names
Zeugophora Kunze 1818
Numbers
9 spp., incl. one adventive, in our area (all Zeugophora s.str.), ~55 spp. in 2 subgenera worldwide(1)
Range
mostly Old World; in the New World, only nearctic(1)
Food
hosts: in NA, Salicaceae (willows, poplars)(1); leaf mines (in UK)(2)
Remarks
the sole member of the subfamily Zeugophorinae Bøving & Craighead 1931
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
2.British leafminers
Contributed by Brad Barnd on 19 December, 2007 - 3:02pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 1 March, 2015 - 6:03pm

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