Megalognatha

***Megalognatha*** er en slekt av biller som tilhører familiegruppen bladbiller (Chrysomelidae). Det er kjent 93 arter.

## Utseende
Middelsstore, avlange, glatte og blanke, gjerne rød- eller gulaktige bladbiller. Antennene er trådformede.

## Levevis
Både larvene og de voksne (imago) er planteetere, ofte på busker og trær. Noen av artene kan opptre i store mengder og snauspise vertsplantene i enkelte år. De voksne billene flyr godt og kan forflytte seg over betydelige avstander.

## Utbredelse
Slekten er utbredt i Afrika.

## Systematisk inndeling

* orden **[[biller]]** (Coleoptera)
** underorden **[[Polyphaga]]**
*** overfamilie **[[Chrysomeloidea]]** Latreille, 1802 (=Phytophaga) 
**** familien  bladbiller (Chrysomelidae Latreille, 1802) 
***** underfamilien **[[trådbladbiller]]**, Galerucinae Latreille, 1802
****** stammen Luperini Gistel, 1856
******* slekten ***Megalognatha*** Balý, 1878 
******** *[[Megalognatha abyssiniaca]]* Jacoby, 1886
******** *[[Megalognatha aenea]]* Laboissiere, 1920
******** *[[Megalognatha alutaceipennis]]* Laboissiere, 1937
******** *[[Megalognatha angolensis]]* Laboissiere, 1939
******** *[[Megalognatha apicalis]]* Weise, 1904
******** *[[Megalognatha apicicornis]]* Laboissiere, 1926
******** *[[Megalognatha babaulti]]* Laboissiere, 1920
******** *[[Megalognatha bayeri]]* Laboissiere, 1926
******** *[[Megalognatha bequaerti]]* Laboissiere, 1926
******** *[[Megalognatha berneri]]* Laboissiere, 1939
******** *[[Megalognatha bicolora]]* Laboissiere, 1926
******** *[[Megalognatha bicostata]]* Allard, 1889
******** *[[Megalognatha bisulcata]]* Laboissiere, 1927
******** *[[Megalognatha bryanti]]* Laboissiere, 1927
******** *[[Megalognatha burgeoni]]* Laboissiere, 1940
******** *[[Megalognatha camerounensis]]* Laboissiere, 1927
******** *[[Megalognatha carinata]]* Laboissiere, 1921
******** *[[Megalognatha castaneipennis]]* Laboissiere, 1927
******** *[[Megalognatha cavicollis]]* Baly, 1878
******** *[[Megalognatha chevalieri]]* Laboissiere, 1921
******** *[[Megalognatha cruciata]]* Jacoby, 1883
******** *[[Megalognatha cyanipennis]]* Weise, 1902
******** *[[Megalognatha deformicornis]]* (Quedenfeldt, 1888)
******** *[[Megalognatha diluta]]* Laboissiere, 1927
******** *[[Megalognatha elegans]]* Baly, 1878
******** *[[Megalognatha ephippiata]]* Laboissiere, 1927
******** *[[Megalognatha ertli]]* Weise, 1907
******** *[[Megalognatha exosomoides]]* Laboissiere, 1927
******** *[[Megalognatha fasciata]]* Laboissiere, 1927
******** *[[Megalognatha femoralis]]* Laboissiere, 1940
******** *[[Megalognatha festvai]]* (Fabricius, 1781)
******** *[[Megalognatha fulvilabris]]* Laboissiere, 1926
******** *[[Megalognatha granulicollis]]* Jacoby, 1903
******** *[[Megalognatha grisea]]* Weise, 1903
******** *[[Megalognatha grouvellei]]* Weise, 1912
******** *[[Megalognatha guttata]]* Laboissiere, 1927
******** *[[Megalognatha hamaticornis]]* Laboissiere, 1927
******** *[[Megalognatha hirticollis]]* Jacoby, 1903
******** *[[Megalognatha imbecilla]]* Weise, 1902
******** *[[Megalognatha inconspicua]]* Jacoby, 1906
******** *[[Megalognatha kapiriensis]]* Laboissiere, 1926
******** *[[Megalognatha longicollis]]* Laboissiere, 1927
******** *[[Megalognatha lundana]]* Laboissiere, 1939
******** *[[Megalognatha maculicollis]]* Laboissiere, 1927
******** *[[Megalognatha majorina]]* Laboissiere, 1927
******** *[[Megalognatha marginata]]* Laboissiere, 1927
******** *[[Megalognatha maynei]]* Laboissiere, 1927
******** *[[Megalognatha melanaria]]* Laboissiere, 1926
******** *[[Megalognatha melanocephala]]* Jacoby, 1903
******** *[[Megalognatha meruensis]]* Weise, 1909
******** *[[Megalognatha metallica]]* Jacoby, 1886
******** *[[Megalognatha monardi]]* Laboissiere, 1939
******** *[[Megalognatha montana]]* Laboissiere, 1939
******** *[[Megalognatha mystaxa]]* Grobbelaar, 1993
******** *[[Megalognatha natalensis]]* Jacoby, 1903
******** *[[Megalognatha neavei]]* Laboissiere, 1926
******** *[[Megalognatha nigroaenea]]* Laboissiere, 1926
******** *[[Megalognatha nigrocastanea]]* Laboissiere, 1931
******** *[[Megalognatha nigrofasciata]]* Jacoby, 1903
******** *[[Megalognatha nodicornis]]* Laboissiere, 1927
******** *[[Megalognatha nyassensis]]* Laboissiere, 1926
******** *[[Megalognatha pilicollis]]* Laboissiere, 1940
******** *[[Megalognatha pilosa]]* Laboissiere, 1926
******** *[[Megalognatha pimenteli]]* Laboissiere, 1939
******** *[[Megalognatha procera]]* Quedenfeldt, 1888
******** *[[Megalognatha pubescens]]* Laboissiere, 1926
******** *[[Megalognatha pygidialis]]* Laboissiere, 1926
******** *[[Megalognatha reflecta]]* Laboissiere, 1926
******** *[[Megalognatha rohani]]* Laboissiere, 1921
******** *[[Megalognatha rolleti]]* Laboissiere, 1926
******** *[[Megalognatha ruandana]]* Weise, 1913
******** *[[Megalognatha ruficollis]]* Allard, 1889
******** *[[Megalognatha rufiventris]]* Baly, 1878
******** *[[Megalognatha rugipennis]]* Laboissiere, 1927
******** *[[Megalognatha scopsorum]]* Laboissiere, 1940
******** *[[Megalognatha scopularipes]]* Laboissiere, 1927
******** *[[Megalognatha semicincta]]* Laboissiere, 1940
******** *[[Megalognatha sheppardi]]* Jacoby, 1906
******** *[[Megalognatha similis]]* Laboissiere, 1926
******** *[[Megalognatha simplex]]* Weise, 1904
******** *[[Megalognatha spillmanni]]* Laboissiere, 1939
******** *[[Megalognatha subcylindrica]]* Baly, 1878
******** *[[Megalognatha sudanica]]* Laboissiere, 1926
******** *[[Megalognatha suturalis]]* Baly, 1878
******** *[[Megalognatha tinantae]]* Laboissiere, 1926
******** *[[Megalognatha torquata]]* Laboissiere, 1927
******** *[[Megalognatha triplagiata]]* Laboissiere, 1927
******** *[[Megalognatha unifasciata]]* Jacoby, 1883
******** *[[Megalognatha usambarica]]* Weise, 1904
******** *[[Megalognatha variicornis]]* Weise, 1902
******** *[[Megalognatha ventricosa]]* Baly, 1878
******** *[[Megalognatha versicolora]]* Laboissiere, 1926
******** *[[Megalognatha verticalis]]* Laboissiere, 1939
******** *[[Megalognatha vicina]]* Laboissiere, 1926
******** *[[Megalognatha viridipennis]]* Weise, 1907
******** *[[Megalognatha weisei]]* Jacoby, 1906

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