Metrionella Explained

Metrionella is a genus of tortoise beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are about 12 described species in Metrionella.

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

Further reading

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