Metrioidea

Metrioidea
Metrioidea sp., Texas
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:	Galerucinae
Tribe:	Luperini
Subtribe:	Luperina
Genus:	Metrioidea Fairmaire, 1881
Type species
Metrioidea signatipennis Fairmaire, 1881

Metrioidea is a genus of skeletonizing leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. ^{[1] [2] [3]} It is found in Fiji and New Caledonia. Additional species attributed to the genus are known from the Nearctic, Neotropical and Indomalayan realms, but these may actually belong to other genera. ^[4] Metrioidea species from the New World are very similar to those in the genera Lilophaea , Luperodes and Monolepta . ^[5]

Metrioidea sp., Texas

Metrioidea sp., Texas

Species

These species belong to the genus Metrioidea:

Fiji/New Caledonia species: ^{[4] [6] [7]}

• Metrioidea astridae Beenen, 2013 – New Caledonia
• Metrioidea aurantiaca Beenen, 2013 – New Caledonia
• Metrioidea bimaculata (Perroud & Montrouzier, 1864) – New Caledonia
• Metrioidea brunneipennis Beenen, 2013 – New Caledonia
• Metrioidea cornuphallus Beenen, 2008 – New Caledonia
• Metrioidea decorata Beenen, 2013 – New Caledonia
• Metrioidea glabella Beenen, 2013 – New Caledonia
• Metrioidea hirtipennis Beenen, 2013 – New Caledonia
• Metrioidea ingeborgae Beenen, 2013 – New Caledonia
• Metrioidea janbezdeki Beenen, 2013 – New Caledonia
• Metrioidea lateralimaculata Beenen, 2008 – New Caledonia
• Metrioidea millei Beenen, 2008 – New Caledonia
• Metrioidea moala (Gressitt in Bryant & Gressitt, 1957) – Fiji
• Metrioidea monteithi Beenen, 2013 – New Caledonia
• Metrioidea petrae Beenen, 2008 – New Caledonia
• Metrioidea pilifera Beenen, 2013 – New Caledonia
• Metrioidea schoelleri Beenen, 2008 – New Caledonia
• Metrioidea wanati Beenen, 2008 – New Caledonia
• Metrioidea vitiensis (Bryant, 1925) – Fiji
• Metrioidea signatipennis Fairmaire, 1881 – Fiji
• Metrioidea undulata Beenen, 2013 – New Caledonia
• Metrioidea zimmermani (Bryant in Bryant & Gressitt, 1957) – Fiji

New World species:

• Metrioidea atriceps (Horn, 1893)
• Metrioidea blakeae (Wilcox, 1965)
• Metrioidea brunnea (Crotch, 1873) (corn silk beetle)
• Metrioidea chiricahuensis (Blake, 1942)
• Metrioidea convexa (Blake, 1942)
• Metrioidea elachista (Blake, 1942)
• Metrioidea morula (J.L.LeConte, 1865)
• Metrioidea ocularis (Blake, 1942)
• Metrioidea popenoei (Blake, 1942)
• Metrioidea punctatissima (Blake, 1942)
• Metrioidea varicornis (J. L. LeConte, 1868)

References

1. "Metrioidea Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
2. "Metrioidea". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
3. "Metrioidea genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
4. Beenen, R. (2008). "Contribution to the knowledge of Galerucinae of New Caledonia (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae)" (PDF). Genus. 19 (1): 65–87. Retrieved 25 December 2025.
5. Viswajyothi, K.; Clark, S. M. (2022). "New World genera of Galerucinae Latreille, 1802 (tribes Galerucini Latreille, 1802, Metacyclini Chapuis, 1875, and Luperini Gistel, 1848): an annotated list and identification key (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". European Journal of Taxonomy. 842 (1): 1–102. doi: 10.5852/ejt.2022.842.1945 .
6. Beenen, R. (2013). "Contribution to the knowledge of Galerucinae of New Caledonia 2 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)" (PDF). Genus. 24 (1): 65–108. Retrieved 25 December 2025.
7. Evenhuis, Neal L. (2013). "Fiji Coleoptera Checklist". hbs.bishopmuseum.org. Retrieved 29 December 2025.

Further reading

• Nie, R-E; Bezděk, J.; Yang, X-K (2017). "How many genera and species of Galerucinae s. str. do we know? Updated statistics (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae). In: Chaboo CS, Schmitt M (Eds) Research on Chrysomelidae". ZooKeys (720): 91–102. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.720.13517 . PMC   5740445 . PMID   29290727.
• Wilcox, John A. (1965). A Synopsis of the North American Galerucinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). New York State Museum and Science Service.
• 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.

External links

• Media related to Metrioidea at Wikimedia Commons