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Species Metaparia opacicollis

Metaparia opacicollis (Horn) - Metaparia opacicollis

Metaparia opacicollis? - Metaparia opacicollis

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 Eumolpini

No Taxon (Section Iphimeites)

Genus Metaparia

Species opacicollis (Metaparia opacicollis)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Metaparia opacicollis (Horn)

Orig. Comb: Colaspoides opacicollis Horn 1892

Explanation of Names

opacicollis (L). 'dull neck' (1)

Numbers

3 spp. described n. of Mex (2)

Identification

Det. E. G. Riley

Range

e. NM to TX coast - Map (3)(4)

Season

May-July (BG data)

Food

Reported from Mesquite (Prosopis) and various forbs (5)

Remarks

Type Locality: S.W. Tex

See Also

Metaparia viridimicans (Horn)

- Range: AZ to s. TX

Det. E.G. Riley

Print References

Horn, G.H. 1892. The Eumolpini of Boreal America. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 29: 195-234.

Internet References

Type - MCZ, Harvard

Works Cited

1.	Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.

2.	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.

3.	Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno. 2003. Coleopterists Society.

4.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

5.	Host plants of leaf beetle species occurring in the United States and Canada Clark et al. 2004. Coleopterists Society, Special Publication no. 2, 476 pp.

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 25 February, 2009 - 3:21pm
Last updated 10 February, 2022 - 11:57am

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