Metrioidea Explained

Metrioidea is a genus of skeletonizing leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are about 18 described species in Metrioidea. It is found in Australasia, the Nearctic, the Neotropics, and Indomalaya.

Species

These 18 species belong to the genus Metrioidea:

• Metrioidea atriceps (Horn, 1893)
• Metrioidea bimaculatus (Perroud & Montrouzier, 1864)
• Metrioidea blakeae (Wilcox, 1965)
• Metrioidea brunnea (Crotch, 1873) (corn silk beetle)
• Metrioidea chiricahuensis (Blake, 1942)
• Metrioidea convexa (Blake, 1942)
• Metrioidea cornuphallus Beenen, 2008
• Metrioidea elachista (Blake, 1942)
• Metrioidea lateralimaculatus Beenen, 2008
• Metrioidea millei Beenen, 2008
• Metrioidea morula (J.L.LeConte, 1865)
• Metrioidea ocularis (Blake, 1942)
• Metrioidea petrae Beenen, 2008
• Metrioidea popenoei (Blake, 1942)
• Metrioidea punctatissima (Blake, 1942)
• Metrioidea schoelleri Beenen, 2008
• Metrioidea varicornis (J. L. LeConte, 1868)
• Metrioidea wanati Beenen, 2008

Further reading

• 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. 2017. Nie . R-E. Bezděk . J.. Yang . X-K. ZooKeys. 720. 91–102. 10.3897/zookeys.720.13517. 5740445. 29290727. free.
• Book: A Synopsis of the North American Galerucinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). 1965. Wilcox . John A.. New York State Museum and Science Service.
• 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.