Metaparia
Metaparia is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. There are 12 described species in Metaparia, from North America and Central America.[4][5][6][7]
| Metaparia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Eumolpinae |
| Tribe: | Eumolpini |
| Genus: | Metaparia Crotch, 1873[1] |
| Type species | |
| Metaparia clytroides Crotch, 1873 | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Species
These 12 species belong to the genus Metaparia:
- Metaparia cephalotes (Lefèvre, 1877)[8]
- Metaparia clytroides Crotch, 1873 i c g b[1]
- Metaparia distincta (Jacoby, 1881)[9]
- Metaparia fulvicornis (Jacoby, 1890)[10]
- Metaparia guatemalenis (Jacoby, 1881)[9]
- Metaparia hybrida (Jacoby, 1881)[9]
- Metaparia laevicollis (Jacoby, 1881)[9]
- Metaparia leseuri (Lefèvre, 1875)
- Metaparia opacicollis (Horn, 1892) i c g b [11]
- Metaparia thoracica (Jacoby, 1881)[9]
- Metaparia violacea (Jacoby, 1890)[10]
- Metaparia viridimicans (Horn, 1892) i c g b [11]
Data sources: i = ITIS,[4] c = Catalogue of Life,[5] g = GBIF,[6] b = Bugguide.net[7]
Two additional species were identified by William T. Schultz in his PhD dissertation in 1970.[12] They were named "Metaparia mandibuloflexa", and "Metaparia prosopis", but as the dissertation is considered to be "unpublished", these names are not considered valid.
References
- Crotch, G. R. (1873). "Materials for the Study of the Phytophaga of the United States". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 25 (1): 19–83. JSTOR 4624297.
- Flowers, R.W. (1996). "The subfamily Eumolpinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in Central America". Revista de Biología Tropical Special Publication. 2: 1–59. Retrieved December 31, 2018.
- Monrós, F.; Bechyné, J. (1956). "Uber einige verkannte Chrysomeliden - Namen" (PDF). Entomologischen Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey. 7: 1118–1137.
- "Metaparia Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
- "Browse Metaparia". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
- "Metaparia". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
- "Metaparia Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
- Lefèvre, E. (1877). "Descriptions de coléoptères nouveaux ou peu connus de la famille des Eumolpides (1re partie)". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 5. 7: 115–166.
- Jacoby, M. (1881). "Eumolpidae". Insecta. Coleoptera. Biologia Centrali-Americana. 6. pp. 105–187.
- Jacoby, M. (1890). "Eumolpidae". Insecta. Coleoptera, Supplement to Phytophaga. Biologia Centrali-Americana. 6. pp. 183–241.
- Horn, G. H. (1892). "The Eumolpini of Boreal America". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 19: 195–234. JSTOR 25076581.
- Schultz, W. T. (1970). The Eumolpinae of America north of Mexico with revisions of selected genera (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) (PDF) (PhD). Columbus: The Ohio State University. pp. 1–342.
Further reading
- Riley, Edward G.; Clark, Shawn M.; Seeno, Terry N. (2003). Catalog of the leaf beetles of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae and Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae). Special Publication No. 1. The Coleopterists' Society. ISBN 978-0-9726087-1-8.
- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6: Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26091-7.
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