Metaparia opacicollis

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 opacicollis

Name

Metaparia opacicollis (Horn, 1892)

Lectotype: MCZ Ent:527049. ♂. "Big Springs,/Texas,/ Wickham.//408//PARA-TYPE/3776 [label on blue paper]". (designated by Sublett & Cook, 2021: 796)

Type locality: "Texas, Big Springs".

Synonymy

• Colaspoides opacicollis Horn, 1892: 229
• Metaparia opacicollis: Schultz, 1970: 104 [non-validated combination; not published]
• Metaparia opacicollis: Wilcox, 1983: 40 [first publication of combination from Schultz (1970)].

References

Primary references

• Horn, G.H. 1892. The Eumolpini of boreal America. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 19: 195–234. JSTOR . BHL.
• Schultz, W.T. 1970. The Eumolpinae of America north of Mexico with revisions of selected genera (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Unpublished dissertation presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Doctor of Philosophy in the Graduate School of The Ohio State University. 342 pp. Online. Reference page.  [unpublished]
• 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. 
• Wilcox, J.A. 1983. Checklist of the Beetles of North and Central America and the West Indies. Volume 8. Family 129. Chrysomelidae, the Leaf Beetles. Flora and Fauna Publications, Gainesville, Florida, 166 pp. [not seen]

Additional references

• Riley, E.G., Clark, S.M. & Seeno, T.N. 2003. Catalog of the leaf beetles of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Megalopididae, Orsodacnidae and Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae). Coleopterists Society, Special Publication No. 1. Sacramento, CA. 290 pp. ISBN 978-0-9726087-1-8. BHL. Internet Archive. Reference page.