Megalopodinae

Megalopodinae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Superfamily:	Chrysomeloidea
Family:	Megalopodidae
Subfamily:	Megalopodinae; Latreille, 1802

The beetle subfamily Megalopodinae is the largest group within the family Megalopodidae. Species in the subfamily are mostly tropical in distribution, and their larvae typically bore inside of plant stems.

It contains the following genera:^[1]^[2]

Agathomerus Lacordaire, 1845
Antonaria Jacoby & Clavareau, 1905
Lacordaire, 1845
Barticaria Jacoby & Clavareau, 1905
Bothromegalopus Monrós, 1947
Pic, 1951
Pic, 1942
Pic, 1951
Homalopterus Perty, 1832
Kuilua Jacoby, 1894
Leucastea Stål, 1855
Macroantonaria Pic, 1951
Macrolopha Weise, 1902
Mastostethus Lacordaire, 1845
Megalopus Fabricius, 1801
Pic, 1951
Nickimerus Guérin, 1948
Jacoby & Clavareau, 1905
Plesioagathomerus Monrós, 1945
Poecilomorpha Hope, 1840
Pic, 1920
Pic, 1916
Sphondylia Weise, 1902
Temnaspis Lacordaire, 1845

References[]

^ "Megalopodinae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
^ Rodríguez-Mirón, Geovanni M. (2018). "Checklist of the family Megalopodidae Latreille (Coleoptera: Chrysomeloidea); a synthesis of its diversity and distribution". Zootaxa. 4434 (2): 265–302. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4434.2.3.

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[itis-1] "Megalopodinae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 22 April 2021.

[Rodriguez-Miron2018-2] Rodríguez-Mirón, Geovanni M. (2018). "Checklist of the family Megalopodidae Latreille (Coleoptera: Chrysomeloidea); a synthesis of its diversity and distribution". Zootaxa. 4434 (2): 265–302. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4434.2.3.

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