Metaparia cephalotes

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chrysomeloidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Cucujiformia Cladus: Phytophaga Superfamilia: Chrysomeloidea

Familia: Chrysomelidae
Subfamilia: Eumolpinae
Tribus: Eumolpini
Genus: Metaparia
Species: Metaparia cephalotes

Name

Metaparia cephalotes (Lefèvre, 1877)

Lectotype: BMNH. ♂. "Holo-/type [circular label with red outline]//Type [circular label with red outline, upside down]//Type//Cordova//576//Type./Sp. figured.// Mexico./Salle Coll. [upside down]// Spintherophyta/cephalotes/(type ♂) E. det.// B.C.A./122.2. [upside down]//Syn-/type [circular label with blue outline]". (designated by Sublett & Cook, 2021: 784)

Paralectotype: BMNH. ♀. "Cordova//Mexico./Salle Coll.//Jacoby Coll./1909-28a.//Spintherophyta/cephalotes/(type ♀) E. det.//Syn-/type".

Type locality: Cordova, Mexico.

Synonymy

Spintherophyta cephalotes Lefèvre, 1877: 115
Metaparia cephalotes: Flowers, 1996: 41

References

Primary references

Flowers, R.W. 1996. La subfamilia Eumolpinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) en América Central. Revista de Biología Tropical Special Publication 2: 1–59. Abstract. Online version. Reference page.
Lefèvre, É. 1877. Descriptions de Coléoptères nouveaux ou peu connus de la Famille des Eumolpides (1re partie). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (5) 7: 115–166. BHL. Reference page.
Sublett, C.A. & Cook, J.L. 2021. A Comprehensive Revision of the Genus Metaparia Crotch, 1873 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae) and Description of a New Genus. The Coleopterists Bulletin 75(4): 779–811. DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X-75.4.779 . Reference page.

Additional references

Jacoby, M. 1880–1892. Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Coleoptera. Vol. VI. Part 1. Phytophaga (part). London: Dulau & Co. xx + 625 pp. BHL Reference page.