Metrioidea
| Metrioidea | |
|---|---|
| Metrioidea sp., Texas | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Galerucinae |
| Tribe: | Luperini |
| Subtribe: | Luperina |
| Genus: | Metrioidea Fairmaire, 1881 |
| Type species | |
| Metrioidea signatipennis Fairmaire, 1881
| |
Metrioidea is a genus of skeletonizing leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae.[1][2][3] It is found in Fiji and New Caledonia. Additional species attributed to the genus are known from the Nearctic, Neotropical and Indomalayan realms, but these may actually belong to other genera.[4] Metrioidea species from the New World are very similar to those in the genera Lilophaea, Luperodes and Monolepta.[5]
Species
These species belong to the genus Metrioidea:
Fiji/New Caledonia species:[4][6][7]
- Metrioidea astridae Beenen, 2013 – New Caledonia
- Metrioidea aurantiaca Beenen, 2013 – New Caledonia
- Metrioidea bimaculata (Perroud & Montrouzier, 1864) – New Caledonia
- Metrioidea brunneipennis Beenen, 2013 – New Caledonia
- Metrioidea cornuphallus Beenen, 2008 – New Caledonia
- Metrioidea decorata Beenen, 2013 – New Caledonia
- Metrioidea glabella Beenen, 2013 – New Caledonia
- Metrioidea hirtipennis Beenen, 2013 – New Caledonia
- Metrioidea ingeborgae Beenen, 2013 – New Caledonia
- Metrioidea janbezdeki Beenen, 2013 – New Caledonia
- Metrioidea lateralimaculata Beenen, 2008 – New Caledonia
- Metrioidea millei Beenen, 2008 – New Caledonia
- Metrioidea moala (Gressitt in Bryant & Gressitt, 1957) – Fiji
- Metrioidea monteithi Beenen, 2013 – New Caledonia
- Metrioidea petrae Beenen, 2008 – New Caledonia
- Metrioidea pilifera Beenen, 2013 – New Caledonia
- Metrioidea schoelleri Beenen, 2008 – New Caledonia
- Metrioidea wanati Beenen, 2008 – New Caledonia
- Metrioidea vitiensis (Bryant, 1925) – Fiji
- Metrioidea signatipennis Fairmaire, 1881 – Fiji
- Metrioidea undulata Beenen, 2013 – New Caledonia
- Metrioidea zimmermani (Bryant in Bryant & Gressitt, 1957) – Fiji
New World species:
- Metrioidea atriceps (Horn, 1893)
- Metrioidea blakeae (Wilcox, 1965)
- Metrioidea brunnea (Crotch, 1873) (corn silk beetle)
- Metrioidea chiricahuensis (Blake, 1942)
- Metrioidea convexa (Blake, 1942)
- Metrioidea elachista (Blake, 1942)
- Metrioidea morula (J.L.LeConte, 1865)
- Metrioidea ocularis (Blake, 1942)
- Metrioidea popenoei (Blake, 1942)
- Metrioidea punctatissima (Blake, 1942)
- Metrioidea varicornis (J. L. LeConte, 1868)
References
- ^ "Metrioidea Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
- ^ "Metrioidea". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
- ^ "Metrioidea genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
- ^ a b Beenen, R. (2008). "Contribution to the knowledge of Galerucinae of New Caledonia (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae)" (PDF). Genus. 19 (1): 65–87. Retrieved 25 December 2025.
- ^ Viswajyothi, K.; Clark, S. M. (2022). "New World genera of Galerucinae Latreille, 1802 (tribes Galerucini Latreille, 1802, Metacyclini Chapuis, 1875, and Luperini Gistel, 1848): an annotated list and identification key (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". European Journal of Taxonomy. 842 (1): 1–102. doi:10.5852/ejt.2022.842.1945.
- ^ Beenen, R. (2013). "Contribution to the knowledge of Galerucinae of New Caledonia 2 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)" (PDF). Genus. 24 (1): 65–108. Retrieved 25 December 2025.
- ^ Evenhuis, Neal L. (2013). "Fiji Coleoptera Checklist". hbs.bishopmuseum.org. Retrieved 29 December 2025.
Further reading
- Nie, R-E; Bezděk, J.; Yang, X-K (2017). "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". ZooKeys (720): 91–102. doi:10.3897/zookeys.720.13517. PMC 5740445. PMID 29290727.
- Wilcox, John A. (1965). A Synopsis of the North American Galerucinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). New York State Museum and Science Service.
- 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.
External links
- Media related to Metrioidea at Wikimedia Commons