Mesomphalia

Mesomphalia
Museum specimen of Mesomphalia turrita
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:	Cassidinae
Tribe:	Mesomphaliini
Genus:	Mesomphalia Hope, 1839

Mesomphalia sexmaculata

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

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

1. "Mesomphalia". GBIF. Retrieved 2024-07-30.
2. "Mesomphalia Hope, 1839". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2024-07-30.

External links

• Citizen science observations for Mesomphalia at iNaturalist
• Media related to Mesomphalia at Wikimedia Commons