Tribe Mesomphaliini Hope 1840 (tortoise beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae

Alternative spelling: Mesomphalidae

Full reference: F. W. Hope. 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 Also, Descriptions of Newly Discovered and Unpublished Insects 1-191

Parent taxon: Cassidinae according to P. Bouchard et al. 2011

Sister taxa: Anisoderini, Cassidini, Chalepini, Delocrania, Electrolema, Gonophorini, Hispini, Imatidiini, Notosacanthini, Oligocassida, Oposispini, Paracassida, Uroplatini, Sceloenopla, Echinocallispa

Subtaxa: Mesomphalia

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Type: Mesomphalia

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Geiseltal (Halle collection) (Eocene of Germany)

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