Metallactus

Metallactus
Metallactus nigroplagiatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
(unranked): Camptosomata
Subfamily: Cryptocephalinae
Tribe: Pachybrachini
Genus: Metallactus
Suffrian, 1866

Metallactus is a genus of case-bearing leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are over 70 described species distributed across South America.

Species [selected few predominant]

References

  1. ↑ Gómez-Zurita, J.; Cardoso, A. (2021). "Molecular systematics, higher-rank classification and Gondwanan origins of Cryptocephalinae leaf beetles". Zoologica Scripta. 50 (5): 592–615. doi:10.1111/zsc.12501. hdl:10261/250516.
  2. ↑ "Metallactus Suffrian, 1866". GBIF. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
  3. ↑ Sassi, D. (2009). "Revision of the Metallactus hamifer species-group (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae)". Zootaxa. 4657 (2): 201–245. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4657.2.1.
  4. ↑ Sassi, D. (2020). "Revision of the Metallactus generosus species-group with a preliminary evaluation of the effectiveness of the endophallus morphology in distinguishing critical sibling species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae)". Zootaxa. 4877 (1): 148–162. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4877.1.6.
  5. ↑ Sassi, D. (2020). "Four peculiar new Metallactus species from Argentina (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Cryptocephalinae)". Fragmenta Entomologica. 52 (2): 355–364. doi:10.13133/2284-4880/465.
  6. ↑ Sassi, D. (2022). "Revision of the Metallactus taeniatellus species group (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae)". Zootaxa. 5125 (3): 251–282. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5125.3.1.
  7. ↑ Sassi, D. (2025). "Revision of the Metallactus minax Suffrian, 1866 species-group (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae)". Zootaxa. 5583 (1): 71–86. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5583.1.3.
  8. ↑ Sassi, D. (2026). "Revision of the Metallactus humeralis species-group (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae)". Zootaxa. 5829 (1): 1–85. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5829.1.1.

Further reading

  • Arnett, Ross H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida. ISBN 978-0-8493-0954-0.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link).
  • Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
  • Riley, Edward G., Shawn M. Clark, and Terry N. Seeno (2003). "Catalog of the leaf beetles of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae and Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae)". Coleopterists Society Special Publication no. 1, 290.