Mecistomela

Mecistomela marginata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chrysomeloidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Cucujiformia Cladus: Phytophaga Superfamilia: Chrysomeloidea

Familia: Chrysomelidae
Subfamilia: Cassidinae
Tribus: Alurnini
Genus: Mecistomela
Species: M. marginata

Name

Mecistomela Jacobson, 1899: 246

Type species: Type species: Alurnus marginata Thunberg, 1821, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Jacobson, G.G. 1899. De genere Alurno (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae). Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Péterbourg 4(3): 245–256. BHL.

Additional references

• Fischer, C.R. 1935. Os coleopteros phytophagos da tribu Alurnini, pragas das palmeiras (Chrysomelidae, Hispinae). Revista de Entomologica 5: 257–292. [not seen]
• Staines, C.L. 2002. The New World tribes and genera of hispines (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae. Cassidinae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 104(3): 721–784. BHL. Reference page.