The beetle subfamily Megalopodinae is the largest group within the family

Megalopodidae 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 fami ...

. Species in the subfamily are mostly

tropical The tropics are the regions of Earth surrounding the Equator. They are defined in latitude by the Tropic of Cancer in the Northern Hemisphere at N and the Tropic of Capricorn in the Southern Hemisphere at S. The tropics are also referred to ...

in distribution, and their

larva A larva (; plural larvae ) is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into adults. Animals with indirect development such as insects, amphibians, or cnidarians typically have a larval phase of their life cycle. The ...

e typically bore inside of plant stems. It contains the following genera: * '' Agathomerus'' Lacordaire, 1845 * '' Antonaria'' Jacoby & Clavareau, 1905 * '' Ateledera'' Lacordaire, 1845 * '' Barticaria'' Jacoby & Clavareau, 1905 * '' Bothromegalopus'' Monrós, 1947 * '' Bryantonaria'' Pic, 1951 * '' Falsocolobaspis'' Pic, 1942 * '' Falsotemnaspis'' Pic, 1951 * '' Homalopterus'' Perty, 1832 * '' Kuilua'' Jacoby, 1894 * '' Leucastea'' Stål, 1855 * '' Macroantonaria'' Pic, 1951 * '' Macrolopha'' Weise, 1902 * '' Mastostethus'' Lacordaire, 1845 * '' Megalopus'' Fabricius, 1801 * '' Mimocolobaspis'' Pic, 1951 * '' Nickimerus'' Guérin, 1948 * '' Piomelopus'' Jacoby & Clavareau, 1905 * '' Plesioagathomerus'' Monrós, 1945 * '' Poecilomorpha'' Hope, 1840 * '' Pseudohomalopterus'' Pic, 1920 * '' Pseudomegalopus'' Pic, 1916 * '' Sphondylia'' Weise, 1902 * '' Temnaspis'' Lacordaire, 1845

References

Megalopodidae Beetle subfamilies {{Megalopodidae-stub