Metaparia Explained

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.^[1]

Species

These nine species belong to the genus Metaparia:^[1]

• Metaparia cephalotes (Lefèvre, 1877)^[2] – Mexico
• Metaparia clytroides Crotch, 1873

^{i c g b} – United States

• Metaparia guatemalensis (Jacoby, 1881)^[3] – Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico
• Metaparia hybrida (Jacoby, 1881)^[3] – 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 [4]} – United States

• Metaparia prosopis Sublett, Schultz, & Cook, 2021 – Mexico, United States
• Metaparia viridimicans (Horn, 1892)

^{i c g b [4]} – Mexico, United States

The following species have been moved to other genera:^[1]

• Metaparia distincta (Jacoby, 1881):^[3] moved to Brachypnoea
• Metaparia fulvicornis (Jacoby, 1890):^[5] moved to Spintherophyta, renamed to Spintherophyta jacobyi Sublett & Cook, 2021
• Metaparia laevicollis (Jacoby, 1881):^[3] moved to Dispardentium
• Metaparia thoracica (Jacoby, 1881):^[3] moved to Spintherophyta
• Metaparia violacea (Jacoby, 1890):^[5] moved to Spintherophyta

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

Further reading

• Book: Catalog of the leaf beetles of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae and Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae). 2003. Riley . Edward G.. Clark . Shawn M.. Seeno . Terry N.. The Coleopterists' Society. Special Publication No. 1. 978-0-9726087-1-8.
• Book: Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6: Chrysomeloidea. 2013. Lobl . I.. Smetana . A.. Apollo Books. 978-90-04-26091-7.

Notes and References

1. 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. 10.1649/0010-065X-75.4.779. 245539710 .
2. 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.
3. Encyclopedia: Jacoby. M.. 1881. Eumolpidae. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/584677. Insecta. Coleoptera. Biologia Centrali-Americana. 6. 1. 105–187.
4. G. H.. Horn. 1892. The Eumolpini of Boreal America. Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 19. 195–234. 25076581.
5. Encyclopedia: Jacoby. M.. 1890. Eumolpidae. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/585383. Insecta. Coleoptera, Supplement to Phytophaga. Biologia Centrali-Americana. 6. 1. 183–241.