Mesomphalia
| Mesomphalia | |
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| 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: | Hope, 1839  | 

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
- ^ "Mesomphalia". GBIF. Retrieved 2024-07-30.
 - ^ "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
