Megalopodinae

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
Subfamilia: Megalopodinae
Tribus (3): Leucasteini – Megalopodini – Sphondyliini
Genera (24): Agathomerus – Antonaria – Ateledera – Barticaria – Bothromegalopus – Bryantonaria – Falsotemnaspis – Homalopterus – Kuilua – Leucastea – Macroantonaria – Macrolopha – Mastostethus – Megalopus – Mimocolobaspis – Monrosolopha – Nickimerus – Piomelopus – Plesioagathomerus – Poecilomorpha – Pseudohomalopterus – Pseudomegalopus – Sphondylia – Temnaspis
Name

Megalopodinae 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

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.
Erber, D. & Medvedev, L.N. 2002. Untersuchungen zur Taxonomie afrikanischer Megalopodinae mit Beschreibungen einer neuen Gattung und funf neuer. Entomologica Basiliensia 24: 97–121. Reference page.

Links

Atlas of the family Megalopodidae of Russia
Megalopodinae Latreille, 1802

Vernacular names
русский: Большеноги

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
Ateledera Lacordaire, 1845
Barticaria Jacoby & Clavareau, 1905
Bothromegalopus Monrós, 1947
Bryantonaria Pic, 1951
Falsocolobaspis Pic, 1942
Falsotemnaspis Pic, 1951
Homalopterus Perty, 1832
Kuilua Jacoby, 1894
Leucastea Stål, 1855
Macroantonaria Pic, 1951
Macrolopha Weise, 1902
Mastostethus Lacordaire, 1845
Megalopus Fabricius, 1801
Mimocolobaspis Pic, 1951
Nickimerus Guérin, 1948
Piomelopus Jacoby & Clavareau, 1905
Plesioagathomerus Monrós, 1945
Poecilomorpha Hope, 1840
Pseudohomalopterus Pic, 1920
Pseudomegalopus 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.