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| Mesomphalia | |
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| Museum specimen of Mesomphalia turrita | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Cassidinae |
| Tribe: | Mesomphaliini |
| Genus: | Mesomphalia Hope, 1839 |
Mesomphalia is a genus of leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are about 18 described species in Mesomphalia, found in South America.[1][2]
Species
[edit]These 18 species belong to the genus Mesomphalia:
- Mesomphalia albofasciculata Boheman, 1856
- Mesomphalia ampliata Boheman, 1850
- Mesomphalia denudata Boheman, 1850
- Mesomphalia gemmaspis Pongrácz, 1935
- Mesomphalia gibbosa (Fabricius, 1781)
- Mesomphalia latipennis Boheman, 1856
- Mesomphalia nudoplagiata Spaeth, 1901
- Mesomphalia pyramidata Boheman, 1850
- Mesomphalia retipennis Boheman, 1850
- Mesomphalia scrobiculata Boheman, 1850
- Mesomphalia sexmaculata Boheman, 1850
- Mesomphalia sexmaculosa Boheman, 1856
- Mesomphalia spaethi Simoes & Monne
- Mesomphalia sublaevis Boheman, 1850
- Mesomphalia subnitens Spaeth, 1917
- Mesomphalia tumidula Boheman, 1850
- Mesomphalia turrita (Illiger, 1801)
- Mesomphalia variolaris Boheman, 1850
References
[edit]- ↑ "Mesomphalia". GBIF. Retrieved 2024-07-30.
- ↑ "Mesomphalia Hope, 1839". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2024-07-30.
External links
[edit]- Citizen science observations for Mesomphalia at iNaturalist
Media related to Mesomphalia at Wikimedia Commons
