Metachroma

Metachroma
Temporal range: Eocene–Present
Metachroma quercatum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Eumolpinae
Tribe: Typophorini
Genus: Metachroma
Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836
Type species
Colaspis quercata
Fabricius, 1801
Synonyms

Atrachela Gistel, 1848

Metachroma is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is distributed from Ontario, Canada to Mendoza, Argentina, including the Antilles (where a large number of species occur). It has also been suggested that the genus extends to the Pacific Islands, though this is not confirmed. There are about 140 described species in Metachroma, 40 of which are found north of Mexico. An extinct species is also known from the Eocene of the United States.

The name of the genus comes from the Ancient Greek μετα ("different") and χρῶμα ("color"), referring to the variations in color pattern found within many of the species.

Species

The following five species from Cuba described by Suffrian in 1866, some of which were renamed by Clavareau in 1914, were considered doubtful by Doris Holmes Blake in her 1970 review of the genus. However, since she was not able to examine the original specimens for them, they remained unknown to her.

References

  1. ↑ Bezděk, J. (2020). "Review of the genus-level names proposed by Johannes Gistel in Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera)". Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae. 60 (1): 173–188. doi:10.37520/aemnp.2020.011.
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  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 Blake, Doris H. (1970). "A Review of the Beetles of the Genus Metachroma Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)" (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 57 (57): 1–111. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.57.
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  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Blake, D. H. (1962). "Eight New Species of Metachroma from the West Indies (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 64 (3): 175–180.
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  10. 1 2 Blake, Doris H. (Feb 12, 1974). "Two new species of the genus Metachroma Chevrolat. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 75 (4): 408–410. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |year= / |publication-date= mismatch (help)
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 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.
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  13. 1 2 3 4 Blake, D. H. (1966). "Ten new chrysomelid beetles from the West Indies and Key West". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 68 (3): 213–222.
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  25. ↑ Fernández García, I. (1998). "Nueva especie de Metachroma Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) de Cuba" (PDF). Poeyana (455): 1–3.
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  28. ↑ Bryant, G. E. (31 January 1923). "New Injurious Phytophaga from India and Brazil". Bulletin of Entomological Research. 13 (3): 261–265. doi:10.1017/S0007485300045338. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |year= / |publication-date= mismatch (help)
  29. 1 2 LeConte, J. L. (1858). "Description of New Species of Coleoptera, chiefly collected by the United States and Mexican Boundary Commission, under Major W. H. Emory, U. S. A." Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 10: 59–89.
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