Megamerini

Megamerini
Atalasis sagroides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:	Sagrinae
Tribe:	Megamerini Chapuis, 1874

Megamerini is a tribe of frog-legged leaf beetles found in Australasia, Madagascar and South America. ^[1]

Genera

The following 10 genera are placed in Megamerini: ^[2]

• Ametalla Hope, 1841 ^[3] - southwestern Australia
• Atalasis Lacordaire, 1845 - Argentina
• Coolgardica Blackburn, 1899 - Australia
• Mecynodera Hope, 1841 ^[4] - eastern Australia and Papua New Guinea
• Megamerus MacLeay, 1827 ^[5] (type genus) - Australia, Madagascar and Brazil
• Neodiaphanops Blackburn, 1899 - Australia
• Polyoptilus Germar, 1848 - Australia
• Pseudotoxotus Blackburn, 1889 - northern Australia
• † Palaeatalasis Legalov, 2021

References

1. Chapuis, F. (1874). "Tome dixième. Famille des phytophages". In Lacordaire, J.T.; Chapuis, F. (eds.). Histoire naturelle des insectes. Genera des coléoptères, ou exposé méthodique et critique de tous les genres proposés jusqu'ici dans cet ordre d'insectes. Vol. 10. Paris: Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret. pp. iv + 445.
2. "Megamerini Chapuis, 1874". biolib.cz. Retrieved 2025-12-31.
3. "Ametalla Hope, 1841". Catalogue of Life . Retrieved 2025-12-31.
4. "Megamerus W.S. MacLeay, 1826". Catalogue of Life . Retrieved 2025-12-31.
5. "Megamerus W.S. MacLeay, 1826". Catalogue of Life . Retrieved 2025-12-31.