Metaparia

Metaparia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:	Eumolpinae
Tribe:	Eumolpini
Genus:	Metaparia Crotch, 1873 [1]
Type species
Metaparia clytroides Crotch, 1873
Synonyms [2]
Spintherophyta Lefèvre, 1875 (nec Dejean, 1836) PhytospintheraMonrós & Bechyné, 1956 [3]

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. ^{[4] [5] [6] [7] [8]}

Species

These nine species belong to the genus Metaparia: ^[8]

• Metaparia cephalotes (Lefèvre, 1877) ^[9] – Mexico
• Metaparia clytroides Crotch, 1873 ^{i c g b [1]} – United States
• Metaparia guatemalensis (Jacoby, 1881) ^[10] – Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico
• Metaparia hybrida (Jacoby, 1881) ^[10] – 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 [11]} – United States
• Metaparia prosopis Sublett, Schultz, & Cook, 2021 – Mexico, United States
• Metaparia viridimicans (Horn, 1892) ^{i c g b [11]} – Mexico, United States

The following species have been moved to other genera: ^[8]

• Metaparia distincta(Jacoby, 1881): ^[10] moved to Brachypnoea
• Metaparia fulvicornis(Jacoby, 1890): ^[12] moved to Spintherophyta , renamed to Spintherophyta jacobyi Sublett & Cook, 2021
• Metaparia laevicollis(Jacoby, 1881): ^[10] moved to Dispardentium
• Metaparia thoracica(Jacoby, 1881): ^[10] moved to Spintherophyta
• Metaparia violacea(Jacoby, 1890): ^[12] moved to Spintherophyta

Data sources: i = ITIS, ^[4] c = Catalogue of Life, ^[5] g = GBIF, ^[6] b = Bugguide.net ^[7]

References

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. Monrós, F.; Bechyné, J. (1956). "Uber einige verkannte Chrysomeliden - Namen" (PDF). Entomologischen Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey. 7: 1118–1137.
4. "Metaparia Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
5. "Browse Metaparia". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
6. "Metaparia". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
7. "Metaparia Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. Jacoby, M. (1881). "Eumolpidae". Insecta. Coleoptera. Biologia Centrali-Americana . Vol. 6. pp. 105–187.
11. Horn, G. H. (1892). "The Eumolpini of Boreal America". Transactions of the American Entomological Society . 19: 195–234. JSTOR   25076581.
12. Jacoby, M. (1890). "Eumolpidae". Insecta. Coleoptera, Supplement to Phytophaga. Biologia Centrali-Americana . Vol. 6. pp. 183–241.

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.