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.
| Megalopodidae | |
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| Zeugophora subspinosa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Superfamily: | Chrysomeloidea |
| Family: | Megalopodidae Latreille, 1802 |
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The larvae of some species are leaf miners on various host plants. Other larvae feed on stem-tissue or pollen grains of conifer strobili. Once fully grown, the larvae drops to the ground and pupates.[1]
References
edit- ^ Lawrence, John F. and Ślipiński, Adam. "Megalopodidae Latreille, 1802: Arthropoda: Insecta (Vol. 4)". Handbook of Zoology Online, edited by Andreas Schmidt-Rhaesa. Berlin, New York: De Gruyter, 2014.
- 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.
- 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. Paris: F. Dufart.
- Medvedev, L.N. (2010). "Subfamily Megalopodinae Latreille, 1802". In Löbl, I.; Smetana, A. (eds.). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books. pp. 336–337. ISBN 978-87-88757-84-2.
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