{{Short description|Genus of leaf beetles}} {{Automatic taxobox | taxon = Metaparia | display_parents = 2 | authority = Crotch, 1873<ref name="Crotch1873">{{cite journal|last=Crotch|first=G. R.|year=1873|title=Materials for the Study of the Phytophaga of the United States|journal=Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia|volume=25|issue=1|pages=19–83|jstor=4624297}}</ref> | type_species = ''Metaparia clytroides'' | type_species_authority = Crotch, 1873 | synonyms_ref = <ref name="Flowers1996">{{cite journal|last=Flowers|first=R.W.|year=1996|title=The subfamily Eumolpinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in Central America|journal=Revista de Biología Tropical Special Publication|url=http://www.sidalc.net/cgi-bin/wxis.exe/?IsisScript=oet.xis&method=post&formato=2&cantidad=1&expresion=mfn=009919|volume=2|pages=1–59|access-date=December 31, 2018}}</ref> | synonyms = * ''Spintherophyta'' <small>Lefèvre, 1875 (nec Dejean, 1836)</small> * ''Phytospinthera'' <small>Monrós & Bechyné, 1956</small><ref name="Monrós1956">{{cite journal|last1=Monrós|first1=F.|last2=Bechyné|first2=J.|year=1956|title=Uber einige verkannte Chrysomeliden - Namen|url=http://chrysomelidae.miza-ucv.org.ve/sites/chrysomelidae.miza-ucv.org.ve/files/1956_Separata_117.pdf|journal=Entomologischen Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey|volume=7|pages=1118–1137}}</ref> }}
'''''Metaparia''''' is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. There are nine described species in ''Metaparia'', distributed from the United States to Central America.<ref name=itis/><ref name=catlife/><ref name=gbif/><ref name=bugref/><ref name="SublettCook2021">{{cite journal|last1=Sublett|first1=C.A.|last2=Cook|first2=J.L.|year=2021|title=A Comprehensive Revision of the Genus ''Metaparia'' Crotch, 1873 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae) and Description of a New Genus|journal=The Coleopterists Bulletin|volume=75|issue=4|pages=779–811|doi=10.1649/0010-065X-75.4.779|s2cid=245539710 }}</ref>
==Species== These nine species belong to the genus ''Metaparia'':<ref name="SublettCook2021"/> * ''Metaparia cephalotes'' <small>(Lefèvre, 1877)</small><ref name="Lefevre1877">{{cite journal|last=Lefèvre|first=E.|year=1877|title=Descriptions de coléoptères nouveaux ou peu connus de la famille des Eumolpides (1re partie)|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8244443|journal=Annales de la Société Entomologique de France|series=5|volume=7|pages=115–166}}</ref> – Mexico * ''Metaparia clytroides'' <small>Crotch, 1873</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g b</sup></span><ref name="Crotch1873"/> – United States * ''Metaparia guatemalensis'' <small>(Jacoby, 1881)</small><ref name="Jacoby1881">{{cite encyclopedia|last=Jacoby|first=M.|year=1881|chapter=Eumolpidae|chapter-url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/584677|title=Insecta. Coleoptera|encyclopedia=Biologia Centrali-Americana|volume=6|issue=1|pages=105–187}}</ref> – Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico * ''Metaparia hybrida'' <small>(Jacoby, 1881)</small><ref name="Jacoby1881"/> – Guatemala, Mexico * ''Metaparia lesueuri'' <small>(Lefèvre, 1875)</small> – Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico * ''Metaparia mandibuloflexa'' <small>Sublett, Schultz, & Cook, 2021</small> – Mexico, United States * ''Metaparia opacicollis'' <small>(Horn, 1892)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g b</sup></span> <ref name="Horn1892">{{cite journal|first=G. H.|last=Horn|year=1892|title=The Eumolpini of Boreal America|journal=Transactions of the American Entomological Society|volume=19|pages=195–234|jstor=25076581}}</ref> – United States * ''Metaparia prosopis'' <small>Sublett, Schultz, & Cook, 2021</small> – Mexico, United States * ''Metaparia viridimicans'' <small>(Horn, 1892)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g b</sup></span> <ref name="Horn1892"/> – Mexico, United States
The following species have been moved to other genera:<ref name="SublettCook2021"/> * ''Metaparia distincta'' <small>(Jacoby, 1881)</small>:<ref name="Jacoby1881"/> moved to ''Brachypnoea'' * ''Metaparia fulvicornis'' <small>(Jacoby, 1890)</small>:<ref name="Jacoby1890">{{cite encyclopedia|last=Jacoby|first=M.|year=1890|chapter=Eumolpidae|chapter-url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/585383|title=Insecta. Coleoptera, Supplement to Phytophaga|encyclopedia=Biologia Centrali-Americana|volume=6|issue=1|pages=183–241}}</ref> moved to ''Spintherophyta'', renamed to ''Spintherophyta jacobyi'' <small>Sublett & Cook, 2021</small> * ''Metaparia laevicollis'' <small>(Jacoby, 1881)</small>:<ref name="Jacoby1881"/> moved to ''Dispardentium'' * ''Metaparia thoracica'' <small>(Jacoby, 1881)</small>:<ref name="Jacoby1881"/> moved to ''Spintherophyta'' * ''Metaparia violacea'' <small>(Jacoby, 1890)</small>:<ref name="Jacoby1890"/> moved to ''Spintherophyta''
<small>Data sources: i = ITIS,<ref name=itis/> c = Catalogue of Life,<ref name=catlife/> g = GBIF,<ref name=gbif/> b = Bugguide.net<ref name=bugref/></small>
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=itis> {{Cite web| title=''Metaparia'' Report | url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=719750 | website=Integrated Taxonomic Information System | access-date=2018-04-26 }}</ref> <ref name=catlife> {{Cite web| title=Browse ''Metaparia'' | url=http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/browse/tree/id/e440b7c0e0ab7fee1c0111b55ed9886c | website=Catalogue of Life | access-date=2018-04-26 }}</ref> <ref name=gbif> {{Cite web| title=''Metaparia'' | url=https://www.gbif.org/species/1048570 | website=GBIF | access-date=2018-04-26 }}</ref> <ref name=bugref> {{Cite web| title=''Metaparia'' Genus Information | url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/255258 | website=BugGuide.net | access-date=2018-04-26 }}</ref> }}
==Further reading== {{refbegin}} * {{Cite book | title = Catalog of the leaf beetles of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae and Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae) | date = 2003 | last1 = Riley | first1 = Edward G. | last2 = Clark | first2 = Shawn M. | last3 = Seeno | first3 = Terry N. | publisher = The Coleopterists' Society | series = Special Publication No. 1 | isbn = 978-0-9726087-1-8 }} * {{Cite book | title = Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6: Chrysomeloidea | date = 2013 | editor-last1 = Lobl | editor-first1 = I. | editor-last2 = Smetana | editor-first2 = A. | publisher = Apollo Books | isbn = 978-90-04-26091-7 }} {{refend}}
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