# Metaparia

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{{Short description|Genus of leaf beetles}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon = Metaparia
| display_parents = 2
| authority = [Crotch](/source/George_Robert_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](/source/Proceedings_of_the_Academy_of_Natural_Sciences_of_Philadelphia)|volume=25|issue=1|pages=19–83|jstor=4624297}}</ref>
| type_species = ''[Metaparia clytroides](/source/Metaparia_clytroides)''
| type_species_authority = [Crotch](/source/George_Robert_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](/source/%C3%89douard_Lef%C3%A8vre), 1875 (nec [Dejean, 1836](/source/Spintherophyta))</small>
* ''Phytospinthera'' <small>Monrós & [Bechyné](/source/Jan_Bechyn%C3%A9), 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 beetle](/source/leaf_beetle)s in the subfamily [Eumolpinae](/source/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](/source/Metaparia_cephalotes)'' <small>([Lefèvre](/source/%C3%89douard_Lef%C3%A8vre), 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](/source/Annales_de_la_Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9_Entomologique_de_France)|series=5|volume=7|pages=115–166}}</ref> – Mexico
* ''[Metaparia clytroides](/source/Metaparia_clytroides)'' <small>[Crotch](/source/George_Robert_Crotch), 1873</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g b</sup></span><ref name="Crotch1873"/> – United States
* ''[Metaparia guatemalensis](/source/Metaparia_guatemalensis)'' <small>([Jacoby](/source/Martin_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](/source/Biologia_Centrali-Americana)|volume=6|issue=1|pages=105–187}}</ref> – Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico
* ''[Metaparia hybrida](/source/Metaparia_hybrida)'' <small>([Jacoby](/source/Martin_Jacoby), 1881)</small><ref name="Jacoby1881"/> – Guatemala, Mexico
* ''[Metaparia lesueuri](/source/Metaparia_lesueuri)'' <small>([Lefèvre](/source/%C3%89douard_Lef%C3%A8vre), 1875)</small> – Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico
* ''[Metaparia mandibuloflexa](/source/Metaparia_mandibuloflexa)'' <small>Sublett, Schultz, & Cook, 2021</small> – Mexico, United States
* ''[Metaparia opacicollis](/source/Metaparia_opacicollis)'' <small>([Horn](/source/George_Henry_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](/source/Transactions_of_the_American_Entomological_Society)|volume=19|pages=195–234|jstor=25076581}}</ref> – United States
* ''[Metaparia prosopis](/source/Metaparia_prosopis)'' <small>Sublett, Schultz, & Cook, 2021</small> – Mexico, United States
* ''[Metaparia viridimicans](/source/Metaparia_viridimicans)'' <small>([Horn](/source/George_Henry_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](/source/Martin_Jacoby), 1881)</small>:<ref name="Jacoby1881"/> moved to ''[Brachypnoea](/source/Brachypnoea)''
* ''Metaparia fulvicornis'' <small>([Jacoby](/source/Martin_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](/source/Biologia_Centrali-Americana)|volume=6|issue=1|pages=183–241}}</ref> moved to ''[Spintherophyta](/source/Spintherophyta)'', renamed to ''[Spintherophyta jacobyi](/source/Spintherophyta_jacobyi)'' <small>Sublett & Cook, 2021</small>
* ''Metaparia laevicollis'' <small>([Jacoby](/source/Martin_Jacoby), 1881)</small>:<ref name="Jacoby1881"/> moved to ''[Dispardentium](/source/Dispardentium)''
* ''Metaparia thoracica'' <small>([Jacoby](/source/Martin_Jacoby), 1881)</small>:<ref name="Jacoby1881"/> moved to ''[Spintherophyta](/source/Spintherophyta)''
* ''Metaparia violacea'' <small>([Jacoby](/source/Martin_Jacoby), 1890)</small>:<ref name="Jacoby1890"/> moved to ''[Spintherophyta](/source/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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Category:Eumolpinae
Category:Metaparia
Category:Chrysomelidae genera
Category:Articles created by Qbugbot
Category:Beetles of North America
Category:Beetles of Central America
Category:Taxa named by George Robert Crotch

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