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Megascelis er en slekt av biller som tilhører familiegruppen bladbiller (Chrysomelidae).

Utseende Små til middelsstore, avlange, blanke bladbiller, gjerne rødlige med kobberaktig glans. Hodet er stort og bredt med utstående fasettøyne, mye bredere enn pronotum som er tønneformet.

Levevis Både larvene og de voksne (imago) er planteetere, knyttet til planter i erteblomstfamilien eller til sørbøk (Nothofagus).

Utbredelse Gruppen er utbredt i den neotropiske økosonen, én art går nord til det sørlige USA.

Systematisk inndeling

orden biller (Coleoptera) underorden Polyphaga overfamilie Chrysomeloidea Latreille, 1802 (=Phytophaga) familien bladbiller (Chrysomelidae Latreille, 1802) underfamilien Rotbladbiller, Eumolpinae Hope, 1840 stammen Megascelidini Chapuis, 1874 slekten Megascelis Latreille, 1825 Megascelis acuminata Pic, 1910 Megascelis acutipennis Lacordaire, 1845 Megascelis aenea Lacordaire, 1845 Megascelis aerea Lacordaire, 1845 Megascelis affinis Lacordaire, 1845 Megascelis altamira Tiape Gómez & Savini, 2001 Megascelis amabilis Lacordaire, 1845 Megascelis ambigua Clark, 1866 Megascelis anguina Lacordaire, 1845 Megascelis anisobia Tiape Gómez & Savini, 2001 Megascelis argutula Lacordaire, 1845 Megascelis asperula Lacordaire, 1845 Megascelis aureola Lacordaire, 1845 Megascelis baeri Pic, 1910 Megascelis basalis Baly, 1877 Megascelis bitaeniata Lacordaire, 1845 Megascelis boliviensis Pic, 1911 Megascelis briseis Bates, 1866 Megascelis brunnipennis Clark, 1866 Megascelis brunnipes Lacordaire, 1845 Megascelis carbonera Tiape Gómez & Savini, 2001 Megascelis championi Jacoby, 1888 Megascelis chloris Lacordaire, 1845 Megascelis circumducta Lacordaire, 1845 Megascelis cleroides Bates, 1866 Megascelis collaris Jacoby, 1888 Megascelis columbina Lacordaire, 1845 Megascelis corcula Bates, 1866 Megascelis crenipes Lacordaire, 1845 Megascelis crucifera Clark, 1866 Megascelis curta Lacordaire, 1845 Megascelis cyanoptera Kirsch, 1875 Megascelis decora Bates, 1866 Megascelis dilecta Clark, 1866 Megascelis discicollis Kirsch, 1875 Megascelis dispar Bates, 1866 Megascelis donckieri Pic, 1910 Megascelis doralis Clark, 1866 Megascelis dryas Clark, 1866 Megascelis dubiosa Jacoby, 1878 Megascelis elegans Baly, 1861 Megascelis elegantula Lacordaire, 1845 Megascelis exclamationis Clark, 1866 Megascelis exilis Lacordaire, 1845 Megascelis fasciolata Lacordaire, 1845 Megascelis fatuella Lacordaire, 1845 Megascelis femoralis Jacoby, 1878 Megascelis femorata Baly, 1877 Megascelis fissurata Tiape Gómez & Savini, 2001 Megascelis flavipes Lacordaire, 1845 Megascelis frenata Lacordaire, 1845 Megascelis frontalis Clark, 1866 Megascelis fulgida Lacordaire, 1845 Megascelis fulvipes Lacordaire, 1845 Megascelis fusipes Tiape Gómez & Savini, 2001 Megascelis gounellei Pic, 1911 Megascelis gracilis Lacordaire, 1845 Megascelis grayi Clark, 1866 Megascelis herbacea Lacordaire, 1845 Megascelis humeronotata Clark, 1866 Megascelis inscriptis Papp, 1952 Megascelis insignis Lacordaire, 1845 Megascelis integra Kirsch, 1875 Megascelis jacobyi Clavareau, 1905 Megascelis joliveti Papp, 1952 Megascelis lacertina Lacordaire, 1845 Megascelis laevicoma Bates, 1866 Megascelis larvata Clark, 1866 Megascelis lucida Lacordaire, 1845 Megascelis luculenta Lacordaire, 1845 Megascelis melancholica Jacoby, 1878 Megascelis mexicana Jacoby, 1888 Megascelis minuta Jacoby, 1888 Megascelis miranda Tiape Gómez & Savini, 2001 Megascelis misella Lacordaire, 1845 Megascelis mucronata Lacordaire, 1845 Megascelis nigripennis Bates, 1866 Megascelis obscurevittata Bates, 1866 Megascelis opalina Lacordaire, 1845 Megascelis ornata Jacoby, 1878 Megascelis parallela Harold, 1870 Megascelis postica Lacordaire, 1845 Megascelis posticata Baly, 1877 Megascelis prasina Chevrolat, 1844 Megascelis princeps Bates, 1866 Megascelis proteus Tiape Gómez & Savini, 2001 Megascelis puella Lacordaire, 1845 Megascelis purpurea Perty, 1832 Megascelis purpureicollis Jacoby, 1877 Megascelis purpureipennis Clark, 1866 Megascelis purpureiotincta Clark, 1866 Megascelis quadrimaculata Bates, 1866 Megascelis quadrisignata Jacoby, 1888 Megascelis robusta Jacoby, 1888 Megascelis rubricollis Bates, 1866 Megascelis ruficollis Kirsch, 1875 Megascelis rufipes Lacordaire, 1845 Megascelis rufotestacea Clark, 1866 Megascelis sacerdotalis Clark, 1866 Megascelis sallei Jacoby, 1888 Megascelis sapphireipennis Lacordaire, 1845 Megascelis satrapa Lacordaire, 1845 Megascelis semipurpurea Clark, 1866 Megascelis semiviolacea Pic, 1910 Megascelis semiviridis Pic, 1914 Megascelis smaragdula Lacordaire, 1845 Megascelis socialis Bates, 1866 Megascelis spinipes Jacoby, 1888 Megascelis stratiotica Lacordaire, 1845 Megascelis submetallescens Jacoby, 1878 Megascelis subtilis Boheman, 1859 Megascelis suturalis Lacordaire, 1845 Megascelis taeniata Kirsch, 1875 Megascelis tenella Lacordaire, 1845 Megascelis texana Linell, 1898 Megascelis tibialis Jacoby, 1888 Megascelis titan Clark, 1866 Megascelis tricolor Lacordaire, 1845 Megascelis unicolor Lacordaire, 1845 Megascelis virgo Lacordaire, 1845 Megascelis viridana Lacordaire, 1845 Megascelis viridipallens Clark, 1866 Megascelis viridis Illiger, 1807 Megascelis viridisimplex Clark, 1866 Megascelis vittata (Fabricius, 1801) Megascelis vittatipennis Jacoby, 1888 Megascelis yepezi Tiape Gómez & Savini, 2001 Referanser

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