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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) » Eumolpinae » Typophorini » Metachroma

Genus Metachroma

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited
Leaf Beetle - Metachroma leaf beetle - Metachroma interruptum Chrysomelidae, lateral - Metachroma angustulum Chrysomelid? - Metachroma Mojave J69 - Metachroma Coleoptera - Metachroma New Jersey Beetle for ID - Metachroma pellucidum Beetle - Metachroma
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Longhorn and Leaf Beetles)
Family Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)
Subfamily Eumolpinae
Tribe Typophorini
Genus Metachroma
Explanation of Names
Metachroma Chevrolat in Dejean 1836
Numbers
~40 spp. in our area, ~140 total(1)
Identification
review in Blake (1970)(2)
Range
mostly Caribbean and Nearctic(1)
Remarks
member of the section Metachromites Chapuis 1874
Print References
Blake D.H. (1973) Two new species of the genus Metachroma Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 75: 408-410 (Full text)
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
2.A Review of the Beetles of the Genus Metachroma Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)
Blake, Doris Holmes. 1970. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 57: iii + 111 pp.
Contributed by margarethe brummermann on 7 February, 2009 - 7:53pm
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 4 May, 2025 - 9:43am

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