Biology:Mesomphaliini

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The Mesomphaliini are a tribe of tortoise beetles erected by Frederick William Hope in 1840;[1][2] however, some authorities place the genera in the tribe name Stolaini Hincks, 1952.[3]

Species are mostly found in the Americas, especially the Neotropical realm, but some may occur elsewhere: for example, Chelymorpha and Stolas have representatives in Europe, with Cyrtonota in Japan.

Genera

The Catalogue of Life[4] includes:

  1. Acromis Chevrolat, 1836
  2. Amythra Spaeth, 1913
  3. Anacassis Spaeth, 1913
  4. Anepsiomorpha Spaeth, 1913
  5. Botanochara Dejean, 1836
  6. Chelymorpha Chevrolat, 1836
  7. Convexocoleus Shin, 2013
  8. Cyrtonota Chevrolat, 1836
  9. Echoma Chevrolat, 1836
  10. Elytrogona Chevrolat, 1836
  11. Eutheria Spaeth, 1909
  12. Hilarocassis Spaeth, 1913
  13. Mesomphalia Hope, 1839
  14. Nebraspis Spaeth, 1913
  15. Ogdoecosta Spaeth, 1909
  16. Omaspides Chevrolat, 1836
  17. Paraselenis Spaeth, 1913
  18. Phytodectoidea Spaeth, 1909
  19. Poecilaspidella Spaeth, 1913
  20. Stoiba Spaeth, 1909
  21. Stolas Billberg, 1820
  22. Terpsis Spaeth, 1913
  23. Trilaccodea Spaeth, 1902
  24. Xenicomorpha Spaeth, 1913
  25. Zatrephina Spaeth, 1909

References

  1. Hope FW (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 Also, descriptions of newly discovered and unpublished insects.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.
  2. Borowiec L (1999) A world catalogue of the Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Biologica Silesiae, Wrocław, 476 pp.
  3. BioLib.cz: tribus Stolaini Hincks, 1952 (retrieved 11 August 2025)
  4. Catalogue of Life: Mesomphaliini Hope, 1840 (retrieved 2 November 2025)

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