Megamerini

Megamerini
Atalasis sagroides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Sagrinae
Tribe: Megamerini
Chapuis, 1874

Megamerini is a tribe of frog-legged leaf beetles found in Australasia, Madagascar and South America.[1]

Genera

The following 10 genera are placed in Megamerini:[2]

  • Ametalla Hope, 1841[3] - southwestern Australia
  • Atalasis Lacordaire, 1845 - Argentina
  • Coolgardica Blackburn, 1899 - Australia
  • Mecynodera Hope, 1841[4] - eastern Australia and Papua New Guinea
  • Megamerus MacLeay, 1827[5] (type genus) - Australia, Madagascar and Brazil
  • Neodiaphanops Blackburn, 1899 - Australia
  • Polyoptilus Germar, 1848 - Australia
  • Pseudotoxotus Blackburn, 1889 - northern Australia
  • Palaeatalasis Legalov, 2021

References

  1. ^ Chapuis, F. (1874). "Tome dixième. Famille des phytophages". In Lacordaire, J.T.; Chapuis, F. (eds.). Histoire naturelle des insectes. Genera des coléoptères, ou exposé méthodique et critique de tous les genres proposés jusqu'ici dans cet ordre d'insectes. Vol. 10. Paris: Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret. pp. iv + 445.
  2. ^ "Megamerini Chapuis, 1874". biolib.cz. Retrieved 2025-12-31.
  3. ^ "Ametalla Hope, 1841". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2025-12-31.
  4. ^ "Megamerus W.S. MacLeay, 1826". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2025-12-31.
  5. ^ "Megamerus W.S. MacLeay, 1826". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2025-12-31.