MEGALOPODIDAE Latreille, 1802
(a family of leaf beetles)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyMEGALOPODIDAE (a family of leaf beetles)
SuperfamilyCHRYSOMELOIDEA (leaf, longhorn and seed beetles)
Series Cucujiformia (a group of beetles)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Cox, M.L. 2007 Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland http://www.brc.ac.uk/resources.htm
() Duff, A.G. 2016 Beetles of Britain and Ireland: Cerambycidae to Curculionidae Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Volume 4, 623pp
() Hubble, D. 2012 Keys to the adults of Seed and Leaf Beetles of the British Isles. (Coleoptera: Bruchidae, Orsodacnidae, Megalopodidae & Chrysomelidae) AIDGAP, 136pp, Field Studies Council

MEGALOPODIDAE (a family of leaf beetles) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for MEGALOPODIDAE (a family of leaf beetles)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 22 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for MEGALOPODIDAE (a family of leaf beetles)
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