Metaparia lesueuri

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 lesueuri

Name

Metaparia lesueuri (Lefèvre, 1875)

Lectotype: BMNH. ♂ (pinned with a ♀ on the same pin). “Joxpam/Mexico./Salle Coll. [Joxpam is handwritten, remainder of label is typed]//575//B.C.A./122.1.// Spintherophyta/lesueuri, Lef./Afud Salle//SYNTYPE [circular label outlined in blue]”. (designated by Sublett & Cook, 2021: 792)

Paralectotypes: BMNH. 1♀ pinned with and labeled the same as the lectotype, and 1 pinned ♂ labeled and 1 card-mounted ♀ labeled "Joxpam/Mexico./Salle Coll.// B.C.A./122. 1.//Spintherophyta/lesueuri, Lef./Afud Salle//SYN-/TYPE [circular label outlined in blue]".

Type locality: Mexico.

Synonymy

• Spintherophyta lesueuri Lefèvre, 1875: 105
• Spintherophyta lesueuri ab. cuprascens Bechyné, 1950: 239 [unavailable; infrasubspecific name]
• Metaparia lesueuri: Flowers, 1996: 42 [misspelled as "leseuri"]

References

Primary references

• Bechyné, J. 1950. Notes sur les Chrysomeloidea de l'Amérique du Sud et du Centre. (Col. Phytoph.). Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey 1: 237–269. BHL. Reference page. 
• Flowers, R.W. 1996. La subfamilia Eumolpinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) en América Central. Revista de Biología Tropical Special Publication 2: 1–59. Online version (archived). Reference page. 
• Lefèvre, É. 1875. Descriptions d'eumolpides nouveaux ou peu connus. (Deuxième mémoire). Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquee (3) 3(3): 102–139. 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.