Metrionella

Metrionella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Tribe:	Cassidini
Genus:	Metrionella Spaeth, 1932

Metrionella is a genus of tortoise beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are about 12 described species in Metrionella. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Species

These 12 species belong to the genus Metrionella:

• Metrionella angularis (Champion, 1894)
• Metrionella biguttula Spaeth, 1932
• Metrionella bilimeki (Spaeth, 1932)
• Metrionella calva (Boheman, 1855)
• Metrionella connata Spaeth, 1932
• Metrionella erratica (Boheman, 1855)
• Metrionella glabrescens Spaeth, 1932
• Metrionella irrorata Spaeth, 1932
• Metrionella placans Spaeth, 1932
• Metrionella strandi Spaeth, 1932
• Metrionella tucumana Borowiec, 2006
• Metrionella tumacoensis Borowiec, 2002

References

1. "Metrionella Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
2. "Metrionella". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
3. "Metrionella genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.

Further reading

• Barney, R. J.; Clark, S. M.; Riley, E. G. (2007). "Annotated list of the leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) of Kentucky: Subfamily Cassidinae". Journal of the Kentucky Academy of Science. 68 (2): 132–144. doi:10.3101/1098-7096(2007)68[132:ALOTLB]2.0.CO;2. S2CID   198148537.
• Borowiec, Lech (1999). A world catalogue of the Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Biologicae Silesiae. ISBN   978-83-909804-4-7.
• 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.