Metachroma orientale

Metachroma orientale
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Metachroma
Species:
M. orientale
Binomial name
Metachroma orientale
Blake, 1970
Synonyms

Metachroma pallidum Crotch, 1873
(nec Say, 1824)

Metachroma orientale is a species of leaf beetle. It is found in coastal states in the United States, ranging from Texas to Florida to Massachusetts. Its length is between 3.5 and 4.7 mm.

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. 1 2 "Metachroma orientale Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-24.
  4. ↑ "Metachroma orientale Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-24.
  5. ↑ "Metachroma orientale Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-24.
  6. ↑ "Metachroma orientale species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-24.

Further reading

  • Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. Vol. 2nd Edition. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
  • Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press.
  • Capinera, John L., ed. (2008). Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. ISBN 978-1402062421.
  • LeConte, J.L. (1861). "Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Part I (part)". Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 3 (136): 1–208.
  • Papp, Charles S. (1984). Introduction to North American Beetles. Entomography Pubns.
  • Peck, Stewart B. & Michael C. Thomas (1998). "A distributional checklist of the beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida". Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  • Poole, Robert W.; Gentili, Patricia, eds. (1996). "Coleoptera". Nomina Insecta Nearctica: A Check List of the Insects of North America. 1: Coleoptera, Strepsiptera. Entomological Information Services: 41–820.
  • Riley, Edward G.; Clark, Shawn M.; Gilbert, Arthur J. (2001). "New records, nomenclatural changes, and taxonomic notes for select North American leaf beetles". Insecta Mundi. 15 (1): 1–17.
  • 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). Vol. Special Publication no. 1. The Coleopterists Society. ISBN 978-0-9726087-1-8.
  • White, Richard E. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin.