Oncocephala is a genus of Asian and African leaf beetles, typical of the tribe Oncocephalini in the subfamily Cassidinae; authorship is often assigned to Louis Agassiz,Agassiz JLR (1846) Nomenclatoris Zoologici Index Universalis, continens nomina systematica classium, ordinum, familiarum et generum animalium omnium tam viventium quam fossilium. Jent & Gassmann. Solothurn. viii + 393 pp. available here and is maintained by the ICZN, but should be attributed to Guérin-Méneville, 1844.
Species The Global Biodiversity Information FacilityGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility: Genus Oncocephala Agassiz, 1846 (retrieved 28 August 2025) includes:
Oncocephala acutangula Oncocephala angulata Oncocephala angusticollis Oncocephala atratangula Oncocephala atripennis Oncocephala basilewskyi Oncocephala bicristata Oncocephala bouvieri Oncocephala camachoi Oncocephala cuneata Oncocephala deleoni Oncocephala demesai Oncocephala depressa Oncocephala dimaculanganae Oncocephala dorsalis Oncocephala eborai Oncocephala feae Oncocephala gestroi Oncocephala grandis Oncocephala hemicyclica Oncocephala inchoans Oncocephala incisa Oncocephala insignis Oncocephala madoni Oncocephala methneri Oncocephala modiglianii Oncocephala montivaga Oncocephala nadeini Oncocephala nervosa Oncocephala perrieri Oncocephala philippinica Oncocephala polilloana Oncocephala promontorii Oncocephala proxima Oncocephala quadrilobata Oncocephala ruficornis Oncocephala senegalensis Oncocephala severinii Oncocephala siamensis Oncocephala sulawesia Oncocephala susanstainesae Oncocephala tenax Oncocephala tuberculata Oncocephala wilmalegaspiae
Selected former species Oncocephala kolbei Oncocephala scabrosa
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