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Megalopodinae  Latreille, 1802
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1146868

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Subfamily  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2021   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumHexapoda  – hexapods  
                   ClassInsecta  – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes  
                      SubclassPterygota  – insects ailés, winged insects  
                         InfraclassNeoptera  – modern, wing-folding insects  
                            SuperorderHolometabola   
                               OrderColeoptera Linnaeus, 1758 – beetles, coléoptères, besouro  
                                  SuborderPolyphaga Emery, 1886  
                                     InfraorderCucujiformia Lameere, 1938  
                                        SuperfamilyChrysomeloidea Latreille, 1802  
                                           FamilyMegalopodidae Latreille, 1802  
                                              SubfamilyMegalopodinae Latreille, 1802  
    Direct Children:  
                                                 GenusAgathomerus Lacordaire, 1845  
                                                 GenusAntonaria Jacoby and Clavareau, 1905  
                                                 GenusBarticaria Jacoby and Clavareau, 1905  
                                                 GenusBothromegalopus Monrós, 1947  
                                                 GenusBryantonaria Pic, 1951  
                                                 GenusFalsocolobaspis Pic, 1942  
                                                 GenusFalsotemnaspis Pic, 1951  
                                                 GenusHomalopterus Perty, 1832  
                                                 GenusKuilua Jacoby, 1894  
                                                 GenusLeucastea Stål, 1855  
                                                 GenusMacroantonaria Pic, 1951  
                                                 GenusMacrolopha Weise, 1902  
                                                 GenusMastostethus Lacordaire, 1845  
                                                 GenusMegalopus Fabricius, 1801  
                                                 GenusMimocolobaspis Pic, 1951  
                                                 GenusNickimerus Guérin, 1948  
                                                 GenusPiomelopus Jacoby and Clavareau, 1905  
                                                 GenusPlesioagathomerus Monrós, 1945  
                                                 GenusPoecilomorpha Hope, 1840  
                                                 GenusPseudohomalopterus Pic, 1920  
                                                 GenusPseudomegalopus Pic, 1916  
                                                 GenusSphondylia Weise, 1902  
                                                 GenusTemnaspis Lacordaire, 1845  
       

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  Source: Coleoptera type genera and family-group names, database (version May 2025)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: Bouchard, P. (2024). Coleoptera type genera and family-group names (based largely on Bouchard et al. 2024 paper, doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1194.106440). Database available at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/290628/about   
  Reference for: Megalopodinae   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Rodríguez-Mirón, Geovanni M.   
  Publication Date: 2018   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of the family Megalopodidae Latreille (Coleoptera: Chrysomeloidea); a synthesis of its diversity and distribution   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Zootaxa, vol. 4434, no. 2   
  Page(s): 265-302   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1175-5326   
  Notes: doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4434.2.3   
  Reference for: Megalopodinae   
       

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