Mecynodera

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: Sagrinae
Tribus: Megamerini
Genus: Mecynodera
Species (3): M. balyi – M. coxalgica – M. wickhami

Name

Mecynodera Hope, 1840: 181

Type species: Mecynodera picta Hope, 1840 [= Lema coxalgica Boisduval, 1835], by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Hope, F.W. 1841 ("1840"). The coleopterist's manual, part the third, containing various families, genera, and species, of beetles, recorded by Linneus and Fabricius. Also, descriptions of newly discovered and unpublished insects. London : J.C. Bridgewater and Bowdery & Kerby. 191 pp. + 3 pls. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Reid, C.A.M. & Beatson, M. 2019. Descriptions of the larva and pupa of Mecynodera balyi Clark, 1864, with notes on its life history (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Sagrinae). Zootaxa 4686(4): 551–571. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4686.4.5 pdf Reference page. 

Links

• Mecynodera – Taxon details on Atlas of Living Australia (ALA).
• Australian Faunal Directory (AFD)
• BowerBird