Megalopus

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Megalopus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Megalopodidae
Subfamily: Megalopodinae
Genus: Megalopus
Fabricius, 1801
Type species
Megalopus ruficornis
Fabricius, 1801
Subgenera [1] [2]
  • Falsomegalopus Pic, 1916
  • MegalopusFabricius, 1801
  • MucromegalopusPic, 1916

Megalopus is a genus of beetles in the family Megalopodidae, containing the following species: [1] [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Megalopus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  2. 1 2 Rodríguez-Mirón, Geovanni M. (2018). "Checklist of the family Megalopodidae Latreille (Coleoptera: Chrysomeloidea); a synthesis of its diversity and distribution". Zootaxa . 4434 (2): 265–302. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4434.2.3.


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