Metaparia

Metaparia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:	Eumolpinae
Tribe:	Eumolpini
Genus:	Metaparia; Crotch, 1873
Type species
	Metaparia clytroides; Crotch, 1873
Synonyms
	Spintherophyta Lefèvre, 1875 (nec Dejean, 1836); Phytospinthera Monrós & Bechyné, 1956;

Metaparia is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. There are nine described species in Metaparia, distributed from the United States to Central America.

Species

These nine species belong to the genus Metaparia:

Metaparia cephalotes (Lefèvre, 1877) – Mexico
Metaparia clytroides Crotch, 1873^{i c g b} – United States
Metaparia guatemalensis (Jacoby, 1881) – Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico
Metaparia hybrida (Jacoby, 1881) – Guatemala, Mexico
Metaparia lesueuri (Lefèvre, 1875) – Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico
Metaparia mandibuloflexa Sublett, Schultz, & Cook, 2021 – Mexico, United States
Metaparia opacicollis (Horn, 1892)^{i c g b} – United States
Metaparia prosopis Sublett, Schultz, & Cook, 2021 – Mexico, United States
Metaparia viridimicans (Horn, 1892)^{i c g b} – Mexico, United States

The following species have been moved to other genera:

Metaparia distincta (Jacoby, 1881): moved to Brachypnoea
Metaparia fulvicornis (Jacoby, 1890): moved to Spintherophyta, renamed to Spintherophyta jacobyi Sublett & Cook, 2021
Metaparia laevicollis (Jacoby, 1881): moved to Dispardentium
Metaparia thoracica (Jacoby, 1881): moved to Spintherophyta
Metaparia violacea (Jacoby, 1890): moved to Spintherophyta

Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

References

1 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.
↑ 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). "Über einige verkannte Chrysomeliden-Namen" (PDF). Entomologischen Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey. 7: 1118–1137.
1 2 "Metaparia Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
1 2 "Browse Metaparia". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
1 2 "Metaparia". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
1 2 "Metaparia Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
1 2 3 Sublett, C.A.; Cook, J.L. (2021). "A Comprehensive Revision of the Genus Metaparia Crotch, 1873 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae) and Description of a New Genus". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 75 (4): 779–811. doi:10.1649/0010-065X-75.4.779. S2CID 245539710.
↑ 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.
1 2 3 4 5 Jacoby, M. (1881). "Eumolpidae". Insecta. Coleoptera. Biologia Centrali-Americana. Vol. 6. pp. 105–187.
1 2 Horn, G. H. (1892). "The Eumolpini of Boreal America". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 19: 195–234. JSTOR 25076581.
1 2 Jacoby, M. (1890). "Eumolpidae". Insecta. Coleoptera, Supplement to Phytophaga. Biologia Centrali-Americana. Vol. 6. pp. 183–241.

Metaparia

Species

References

Further reading