Megalopodidae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Cucujiformia
Cladus: Phytophaga
Superfamilia: Chrysomeloidea

Familia: Megalopodidae
Subfamiliae (3): Megalopodinae - Palophaginae - Zeugophorinae
Name

Megalopodidae Latreille, 1802

Type genus: Megalopus Fabricius, 1801.
References
Primary references

Latreille, P.A. 1802. Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des crustacés et des insectes. Ouvrage faisant suite à l’histoire naturelle générale et particulière, composée par Leclerc de Buffon, et rédigée par C.S. Sonnini, membre de plusieurs sociétés savantes. Familles naturelles des genres. Tome troisième. F. Dufart, Paris, xii + pp. 13–467 + [1 (errata)]. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Biffi, G., Defraia, M.M. & Campaner, C. 2021. Illustrated catalogue of type specimens of Megalopodidae (Coleoptera) deposited at the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 61: e2021611. DOI: 10.11606/1807-0205/2021.61.17 Open access. Reference page.
Faisal, M. & Singh, S. 2018. Type specimens of Chrysomelidae and Megalopodidae (Coleoptera) in the National Forest Insect Collection (NFIC), Forest Research Institute, Dehra Dun, India. Zootaxa 4420(4): 509–529. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4420.4.4 Paywall Reference page.
Kirejtshuk, A.G. & Reid, C.A.M. 2021. Lobanoviella andreyi, new genus and species of Lobanoviellini trib. nov. in the subfamily Palophaginae (Coleoptera, Megalopodidae) from the Eocene Baltic amber, with discussion of similarity with Phloeostichidae. Historical Biology Latest articles. DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2021.1987428 Paywall. Reference page.
Kuschel, G. & May, B.M. 1990. Palophaginae, a new subfamily for leaf-beetles, feeding as adult and larva on araucarian pollen in Australia (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 3(6): 697–719. DOI: 10.1071/IT9890697 Paywall. Reference page.
Medvedev, L.N. 2010. Subfamily Megalopodinae Latreille, 1802. Pp. 336–337. In: Löbl, I. & Smetana, A. (eds.) Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark. 924 pp. ISBN 978-87-88757-84-2. Google Books.
Rodríguez-Mirón, G.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 Paywall. ResearchGate Open access. Reference page.
Rodríguez-Mirón, G.M., Zaragoza-Caballero, S. & López-Pérez, S. 2017. Comparative morphology of the spermatheca in Megalopodidae (Coleoptera, Chrysomeloidea). Pp 47–64 in: Chaboo, C.S. & Schmitt, M. (Eds) 2017. Research on Chrysomelidae 7. Zookeys 720: 1–137. Reference page. ZooKeys 720: 47–64. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.720.14088 Reference page.
Rodríguez-Mirón, G.M., Zaragoza-Caballero, S. & Morrone, J.J. 2021. Phylogenetic analysis of the family Megalopodidae (Coleoptera: Chrysomeloidea): better taxon-sampling facilitates detection of new relationships and new taxa. Cladistics 37(6): 677–716. DOI: 10.1111/cla.12466 Paywall. Reference page.
Silfverberg, H. 2010. Subfamily Zeugophorinae Boving & Craighead, 1931. Pp. 334–335. In: Löbl, I. & Smetana, A. (eds.) Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark. 924 pp. ISBN 978-87-88757-84-2. Google Books.

Links

Australian Faunal Directory
Megalopodidae in SYNOPSIS OF THE DESCRIBED COLEOPTERA OF THE WORLD
Atlas of the family Megalopodidae of Russia

The Megalopodidae are a small family of leaf beetles, previously included as a subfamily within the Chrysomelidae. One of its constituent subfamilies, Zeugophorinae, has also frequently been treated as a subfamily within Chrysomelidae. The family contains approximately 30 genera worldwide, primarily in the nominate subfamily Megalopodinae, and mostly circumtropical.
References

Kuschel, G.; May, B.M. 1990: Palophaginae, a new subfamily for leaf-beetles, feeding as adult and larva on araucarian pollen in Australia (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae). Invertebrate taxonomy, 3: 697–719. [1]
Latreille, P.A. 1802: Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes. Tome 3. F. Dufart, Paris. Internet Archive BHL
I.Löbl & A.Smetana (eds). 2010 Catalogue of Palearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 6: Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark
ISBN 978-87-88757-84-2, p. 334