Megalopodidae

Megalopodidae
	Zeugophora subspinosa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Superfamily:	Chrysomeloidea
Family:	Megalopodidae; Latreille, 1802
Subfamilies
	Megalopodinae; Palophaginae; Zeugophorinae

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.

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

^ 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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[1] 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.

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