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 Also, Descriptions of Newly Discovered and Unpublished Insects 1-191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
Type: Mesomphalia
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Geiseltal (Halle collection) (Eocene of Germany)