Paria (beetle) explained

Paria is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. There are about 40 described species in Paria in North and South America, 19 of which are known north of Mexico.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} The genus is very similar to Typophorus.^[5]

Species

• Paria aeneipennis (Baly, 1878)^[6]
• Paria aemula Weise, 1921^[7]
• Paria aphthonina Bechyné & Bechyné, 1961^[8]
• Paria arizonensis Wilcox, 1957^[9]
• Paria aterrima (Olivier, 1808)
• Paria atripennis (Lefèvre, 1878)^[10]
• Paria badia Bechyné & Bechyné, 1961^[8]
• Paria barnesi Wilcox, 1957^[9]
• Paria binotata Jacoby, 1891
• Paria blatchleyi Wilcox, 1957^[9]
• Paria brunnea Jacoby, 1882
• Paria canella (Fabricius, 1801)
• Paria corumbana (Bechyné, 1951)^{[11] [12]}
• Paria degenerata Weise, 1921^[7]
• Paria desculpta Bechyné & Bechyné, 1961^[8]
• Paria epimeralis (Bechyné, 1955)^{[13] [12]}
• Paria erythopa (Lefèvre, 1888)^[12]
• Paria festinata (Bechyné, 1950)^{[14] [12]}
• Paria fragariae Wilcox, 1954 (strawberry rootworm) (may be a species complex?)^[1]
  • Paria fragariae fragariae Wilcox, 1954
  • Paria fragariae kirki Balsbaugh, 1970^[15]
• Paria frosti Wilcox, 1957^[9]
• Paria fulvipennis (Lefèvre, 1884)^{[16] [12]}
• Paria geniculata (Lefèvre, 1878)^[12]
• Paria horvathi (Bechyné, 1955)^{[13] [12]}
• Paria laevipennis Jacoby, 1882
• Paria lepidoptera Bechyné, 1951
• Paria mesostigma Bechyné, 1954^[17]
• Paria montanella (Bechyné, 1951)^{[18] [12]}
• Paria nigripennis (Lefèvre, 1884)^{[16] [12]}
• Paria nigronotata (Lefèvre, 1877)^[19]
• Paria obliquata Bechyné, 1951
  • Paria obliquata capitata Bechyné, 1957^[12]
  • Paria obliquata obliquata Bechyné, 1951
• Paria opacicollis LeConte, 1859^[20] (oak paria)
  • Paria opacicollis opacicollis LeConte, 1859
  • Paria opacicollis wenzeli Wilcox, 1957^[9]
• Paria picta Jacoby, 1891
• Paria pratensis Balsbaugh, 1970^[15]
• Paria pusilla (Lefèvre, 1876)^[12]
• Paria quadriguttata LeConte, 1858^[21] (willow paria)
• Paria quadrinotata (Say, 1824)
• Paria quadriplagiata (Jacoby, 1876)^{[22] [12]}
• Paria scutellaris (Notman, 1920)^[23]
• Paria sellata (Horn, 1892)^[24]
• Paria sexnotata (Say, 1824) (juniper paria)
• Paria thoracica (F. E. Melsheimer, 1847)
• Paria tibialis Jacoby, 1882
• Paria tincta (Bechyné, 1957)^{[25] [12]}
• Paria virginiae Wilcox, 1957^[9]
• Paria vittaticollis Baly, 1878
• Paria wilcoxi Balsbaugh, 1970^[15]

Species moved to Typophorus:^[12]

• Paria jacobyi (Lefèvre, 1884)^{[26] [25]}
  • Paria jacobyi atramentaria Weise, 1921^[7]
  • Paria jacobyi jacobyi (Lefèvre, 1884)
• Paria maculigera Lefèvre, 1888
• Paria nigra Weise, 1921^[7]
• Paria nigritarsis Jacoby, 1882
• Paria signata (Lefèvre, 1891)

Species moved to other genera:^[12]

• Paria gounellei Lefèvre, 1888: moved to Phytoparia
• Paria stigmula Lefèvre, 1888: moved to Tijucana
• Paria vitticollis Jacoby, 1882: moved to Tijucana

Further reading

• Book: Arnett . R. H. Jr.. Thomas . M. C.. Skelley . P. E.. Frank . J. H.. 21 June 2002. American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida..
• Book: Arnett . Ross H.. 2000. American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press..
• Book: White . Richard E.. 1983. Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company..

Notes and References

1. Web site: Paria Genus Information. BugGuide.net. 2018-02-08.
2. Web site: Paria Report. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. 2018-02-08.
3. Web site: Paria Overview. Encyclopedia of Life. 2018-02-08.
4. Bechyné. J.. 1953. Katalog der neotropischen Eumolpiden (Col. Phytoph. Chrysomeloidea). Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey. 4. 26–303. German.
5. Flowers. R.W.. 1996. The subfamily Eumolpinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in Central America. Revista de Biología Tropical Special Publication. 2. 1–59. December 31, 2018.
6. Bechyné. J.. Springlovà de Bechyné. B.. 1961. Notas sobre Chrysomeloidea Neotropicais II. Boletim do Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi. New Series. 37. 1–93. 21 February 2019. 11 May 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190511180157/http://chrysomelidae.miza-ucv.org.ve/sites/chrysomelidae.miza-ucv.org.ve/files/1961_Separata_152.pdf. dead.
7. Weise. J.. 1921. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der schwedischen entomologischen Reise des Herrn Dr. A. Roman in Amazonas 1914—1915. 6. Chrysomelidae. Arkiv för Zoologi. 14. 1. 1–205.
8. Bechyné. J.. Springlovà de Bechyné. B.. 1961. Notas sobre Chrysomeloidea neotropicais. Boletim do Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi. New Series. 33. 1–49. 21 February 2019. 19 January 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190119121108/http://chrysomelidae.miza-ucv.org.ve/sites/chrysomelidae.miza-ucv.org.ve/files/1961_Separata_151.pdf. dead.
9. Wilcox. J. A.. 1957. A Revision of the North American Species of Paria Lec. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). New York State Museum and Science Service Bulletin. 365. 1–45.
10. Bechyné. J.. 1958. Notizen zu den neotropischen Chrysomeloidea (Col. Phytophaga). Entomologischen Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey. 9. 478–706. 21 February 2019. 19 January 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190119121240/http://chrysomelidae.miza-ucv.org.ve/sites/chrysomelidae.miza-ucv.org.ve/files/1958_Separata_136.pdf. dead.
11. J.. Bechyné. 1951. Liste provisoire des Eumolpides de Bolivie et observations diverses sur les espèces de l'Amérique du Sud (Col. Phytophaga). Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey Tutzing bei München. 2. 227–352.
12. J.. Bechyné. 1957. Eumolpides neo-tropicaux de la collection du Museo civico di Storia naturale "Giacomo Doria" di Genova (Col. Phytophaga). Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria. 69. 226–247.
13. J.. Bechyné. 1955. Reise des Herrn G. Frey in Südamerika: Eumolpidae (Col. Phytophaga). Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey Tutzing bei München. 6. 569–657.
14. Bechyné. J.. 1950. Notes sur les Eumolpides néotropicaux des collections de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique. Bulletin of the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences. 26. 54. 1–24.
15. Balsbaugh. E. U.. 1970. Review of the Genus Paria (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) of North America. Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 63. 2. 453–460. 10.1093/aesa/63.2.453.
16. Lefèvre. E.. 1884. Descriptions de quatre genres nouveaux et de plusieurs espèces nouvelles de coléoptères de la famille des eumolpides. Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 1884. cxciii–ccvi.
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18. Bechyné. J.. 1951. Les Chrysomeloidea neotropicaux des collections du Muséum Zool. de l'Université a Helsingfors. Notulae Entomologicae. 31. 59–66. 21 February 2019. 12 May 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190512030439/http://chrysomelidae.miza-ucv.org.ve/sites/chrysomelidae.miza-ucv.org.ve/files/1951_Separata_73.pdf. dead.
19. E.. Lefèvre. 1877. Descriptions de Coléoptères nouveaux ou peu connus de la Famille des Eumolpides (2e partie). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 5. 7. 309–326.
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