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Species Metaparia clytroides

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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 clytroides (Metaparia clytroides)
Explanation of Names
Metaparia clytroides Crotch 1873
clytroides (G). 'famous-form' (1)
Numbers
3 described spp. n. of Mex. (2), plus 2 undescribed spp. (Schultz 1970)(3)
Range
TX, KS - Map (2)(4), mostly c. TX
Remarks
This is the rarest of the NA spp. (E. G. Riley, pers. comm., 2017 to MAQ)
Print References
Crotch, G.R. 1873. Materials for the study of the phytophaga of the United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 25: 19-83.
Schultz, W.T. 1970. The Eumolpinae of America north of Mexico with revisions of selected genera (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation. The Ohio State University, Columbus. 342 pp.
Internet References
Type - MCZ, Harvard
Works Cited
1.Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.
2.Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico
Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno. 2003. Coleopterists Society.
3.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.
4.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 21 January, 2013 - 1:21pm
Last updated 13 February, 2024 - 2:23pm

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