Metrioidea
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Galerucinae
Tribe: Luperini
Subtribe: Luperina
Genus: Metrioidea
Fairmaire, 1881

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.[1][2][3]

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

References

  1. "Metrioidea Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
  2. "Metrioidea". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-06-14.

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