Family Megalopodidae - Megalopodid Leaf Beetles

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Works Cited

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)

Explanation of Names

Megalopodidae Latreille 1802

Numbers

~9 spp. in a single genus in our area(1), ~350 spp. in 30 genera total(2)

Identification

All tibiae with 2 apical spurs, front of head without X-shaped grooves, head with short but distinct temple behind eye, set off from narrowed neck; apex of mandible bidentate; mesonotum with a stridulatory file. Pronotum with one or more sensorial setae at the anterior margin.

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.	Order Coleoptera Linnaeus, 1758. In: Zhang Z.-Q. (ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification... Ślipiński S.A., Leschen R.A.B., Lawrence J.F. 2011. Zootaxa 3148: 203–208.

Contributed by Brad Barnd on 19 December, 2007 - 3:01pm
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian, v belov, Arturo Santos
Last updated 31 July, 2021 - 1:51pm

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