Megasternini

Megasternini is a tribe of water scavenger beetles in the family Hydrophilidae. There are at least 70 described species in Megasternini.

Genera Agna Smetana, 1978 Cercyon Leach, 1817 Cryptopleurum Mulsant, 1844 Cycrillum Knisch, 1921 Deltostethus Sharp, 1882 Megasternum Mulsant, 1844 Oosternum Sharp, 1882 Paraoosternum Scott, 1913 Pelosoma Mulsant, 1844 Tectosternum Balfour-Browne, 1958

References

Hansen, Michael (1999). World Catalogue of Insects, volume 2: Hydrophiloidea (s. str.) (Coleoptera), 416.

Further reading

Arnett, R. H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (21 June 2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida .

Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.