Genus Megascelis

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited

Megascelis texana Linell - Megascelis texana

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 Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)

Subfamily Eumolpinae

Genus Megascelis

Explanation of Names

Megascelis Latreille 1825

'huge thighs'

Numbers

A single species in our area, ~140 spp. total(1)

Range

neotropical group ranging into southernmost TX(1)

Remarks

our only representative of the tribe Megascelidini Chapuis 1874

Print References

Schwarz, E.A. 1896. Semi-tropical Texas. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 4: 1-3. (2)

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.	Semi-tropical Texas. Schwarz, E.A. 1896. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 4: 1-3.

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 13 November, 2009 - 8:10am
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Last updated 16 August, 2023 - 3:51pm

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