{{Short description|Genus of leaf beetles}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Metaxyonycha granulata 334627496.jpg | image_caption = ''Metaxyonycha granulata'', Brazil | taxon = Metaxyonycha | display_parents = 2 | authority = Chevrolat ''in'' Dejean, 1836 | type_species = ''Colaspis testacea'' | type_species_authority = Fabricius, 1801<ref name="Bousquet2013">{{cite journal|first1=Yves|last1=Bousquet|first2=Patrice|last2=Bouchard|year=2013|title=The genera in the second catalogue (1833–1836) of Dejean's Coleoptera collection|url=https://archive.org/details/pubmed-PMC3677338|journal=ZooKeys|issue=282|pages=[https://archive.org/details/pubmed-PMC3677338/page/n10 1]–219|doi=10.3897/zookeys.282.4401|pmc=3677338|pmid=23794836|doi-access=free |bibcode=2013ZooK..282....1B }}</ref> | synonyms = * ''Herostrates'' <small>Gistel, 1848</small><ref>{{cite journal|last=Bezděk|first=J.|year=2020|title=Review of the genus-level names proposed by Johannes Gistel in Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera)|journal=Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae|volume=60|issue=1|pages=173–188|doi=10.37520/aemnp.2020.011|doi-access=free|url=https://zenodo.org/record/3879369}}</ref> * ''Aracyntha'' <small>Harold, 1874</small> }}

'''''Metaxyonycha''''' is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae.

==Taxonomy== ''Metaxyonycha'' was first named by Louis Alexandre Auguste Chevrolat in 1836, with the spelling "''Metazyonycha''", in Dejean's ''Catalogue of Coleoptera''. According to Bousquet and Bouchard in 2013, ''Metaxyonycha'' is an incorrect subsequent spelling of ''Metazyonycha''. However, because the subsequent spelling is in prevailing usage and is attributed to the original spelling's publication, "''Metaxyonycha''" is considered the correct spelling.<ref name="Bousquet2013"/>

In some publications for the Neotropical realm, ''Metaxyonycha'' is also known as "''Colaspis''". This was because the Czech entomologist Jan Bechyné had synonymised ''Metaxyonycha'' with ''Colaspis'', after incorrectly assuming the two had the same type species, while splitting the species of ''Colaspis'' listed in the ''Coleopterorum Catalogus'' (a beetle catalog edited by Wilhelm Junk and Sigmund Schenkling) into a separate genus known as "''Maecolaspis''". As a result, Bechyné was using the name ''Colaspis'' for what was actually ''Metaxyonycha''.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Flowers|first=W.|year=2004|title=''Colaspis''...''Maecolaspis''...''Metaxyonycha''...Whatever: an old solution to a persistent problem|url=https://www.coleopsoc.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/chrysomela_44Lite.pdf|journal=Chrysomela|volume=44|page=13}}</ref>

==Species== The following species belong to the genus ''Metaxyonycha'' (or ''Colaspis'' sensu Bechyné):<ref name="Bechyné1953">{{cite journal|last=Bechyné|first=J.|year=1953|title=Katalog der neotropischen Eumolpiden (Col. Phytoph. Chrysomeloidea)|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49645311|journal=Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey|volume=4|pages=26–303|language=German}}</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> {{Div col|colwidth=29em}} * ''Metaxyonycha acuminipennis'' <small>(Blanchard, 1843)</small> * ''Metaxyonycha amasia'' <small>Marshall, 1864</small><ref name="Marshall1864">{{cite journal|last=Marshall|first=T. A.|year=1864|title=Descriptions of new genera and species of Eumolpidæ from the collection of the Rev. Hamlet Clark|url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26482664|journal=The Annals and Magazine of Natural History|series=3|volume=13|issue=77|pages=380–389|doi=10.1080/00222936408681624}}</ref><ref name="Flowers1996"/> * ''Metaxyonycha apochroma'' <small>(Bechyné & Bechyné, 1976)</small><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Bechyné|first1=J.|last2=Springlová de Bechyné|first2=B.|year=1976|title=Phytophages [Coléoptérs] récoltés en Guyane Francaise par la mission du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle|url=http://chrysomelidae.miza-ucv.org.ve/sites/chrysomelidae.miza-ucv.org.ve/files/1976_Separata_192.pdf|journal=Annales de la Société Entomologique de France |series=Nouvelle Série|volume=12|issue=4|pages=527–556|doi=10.1080/21686351.1976.12278584 |s2cid=258777463 }}</ref> * ''Metaxyonycha argentiniensis'' <small>Bechyné, 1949</small><ref name="Bechyné1949">{{cite journal|last=Bechyné|first=J.|year=1949|title=Liste provisoire des Eumolpides de la Republique Argentine et observations diverses sur les Eumolpides de l'Amerique du Sud (Col., Chrysomeloidea)|url=http://chrysomelidae.miza-ucv.org.ve/sites/chrysomelidae.miza-ucv.org.ve/files/1949_Separata_54.pdf|journal=Acta Zoologica Lilloana|volume=8|pages=457–535}}</ref> * ''Metaxyonycha augusta'' <small>(Perty, 1832)</small> ** ''Metaxyonycha augusta augusta'' <small>(Perty, 1832)</small> ** ''Metaxyonycha augusta kosñipata'' <small>(Bechyné & Bechyné, 1968)</small><ref name="BechynéBechyné1968">{{cite journal|last1=Bechyné|first1=J.|last2=Špringlová de Bechyné|first2=B.|year=1968|title=Notas sobre el género ''Colaspis'' (Col. Phytophaga Eumolpidae)|url=http://chrysomelidae.miza-ucv.org.ve/sites/chrysomelidae.miza-ucv.org.ve/files/1968_Separata_175.pdf|journal=Memoria de la Sociedad de Ciencias Naturales la Salle|volume=28|issue=81|pages=225–264}}</ref> * ''Metaxyonycha auripennis'' <small>(Germar, 1824)</small> * ''Metaxyonycha boggianii'' <small>(Bechyné, 1957)</small><ref name="Bechyné1957">{{cite journal|first=J.|last=Bechyné|year=1957|title=Eumolpides neo-tropicaux de la collection du Museo civico di Storia naturale "Giacomo Doria" di Genova (Col. Phytophaga)|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34909536|journal=Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria|volume=69|pages=226–247}}</ref> * ''Metaxyonycha bogotensis'' <small>Jacoby, 1900</small><ref name="Jacoby1900">{{cite journal|last=Jacoby|first=M.|year=1900|title=Descriptions of New Species and a New Genus of South American Eumolpidæ, with Remarks on some of the Genera|journal=Transactions of the Entomological Society of London|volume=48|issue=4|pages=453–510|doi=10.1111/j.1365-2311.1900.tb02719.x|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/19441 }}</ref> ** ''Metaxyonycha bogotensis bogotensis'' <small>Jacoby, 1900</small> ** ''Metaxyonycha bogotensis splendicans'' <small>(Bechyné & Bechyné, 1968)</small><ref name="BechynéBechyné1968"/> * ''Metaxyonycha bondari'' <small>(Bechyné & Bechyné, 1968)</small><ref name="BechynéBechyné1968"/> * ''Metaxyonycha carminea'' <small>(Bechyné, 1955)</small><ref name="Bechyné1955">{{cite journal|first=J.|last=Bechyné|year=1955|title=Reise des Herrn G. Frey in Südamerika: Eumolpidae (Col. Phytophaga)|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45918278|journal=Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey Tutzing bei München|volume=6|pages=569–657}}</ref> * ''Metaxyonycha chloroptera'' <small>(Germar, 1824)</small><ref name="Flowers2004">{{cite journal|last=Flowers|first=R.W.|year=2004|title=A review of the Neotropical genus ''Prionodera'' Chevrolat (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Eumolpinae) with description of a new genus|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228458585|journal=Zootaxa|volume=631|pages=1–54|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.631.1.1|doi-access=free}}</ref> * ''Metaxyonycha chlorospila'' <small>Marshall, 1864</small><ref name="Marshall1864"/> * ''Metaxyonycha chotana'' <small>(Bechyné, 1958)</small><ref name="Bechyné1958">{{cite journal|first=J.|last=Bechyné|year=1958|title=Notizen zu den neotropischen Chrysomeloidea (Col. Phytophaga)|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45990136|journal=Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey Tutzing bei München|volume=9|pages=478–706}}</ref> * ''Metaxyonycha comica'' <small>(Bechyné, 1953)</small><ref name="Bechyné1953"/> * ''Metaxyonycha concinna'' <small>Lefèvre, 1883</small><ref name="Lefevre1883">{{cite journal|last=Lefèvre|first=E.|year=1883|title=[Les descriptions de quatre espèces nouvelles d'Eumolpides]|url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32549153|journal=Annales de la Société Entomologique de France|series=6|volume=3|pages=CXLIX–CLI}}</ref> * ''Metaxyonycha connexa'' <small>Marshall, 1864</small><ref name="Marshall1864"/> * ''Metaxyonycha corpulenta'' <small>(Bechyné, 1955)</small><ref name="Bechyné1955"/> * ''Metaxyonycha costata'' <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> * ''Metaxyonycha crucifera'' <small>Marshall, 1864</small><ref name="Marshall1864"/> * ''Metaxyonycha defficiens'' <small>(Bechyné, 1953)</small><ref name="Bechyné1953"/> * ''Metaxyonycha denieri'' <small>(Bechyné, 1953)</small><ref name="Bechyné1953"/> * ''Metaxyonycha diringshofeni'' <small>(Bechyné & Bechyné, 1968)</small><ref name="BechynéBechyné1968"/> * ''Metaxyonycha distincta'' <small>Baly, 1881</small><ref name="Baly1881">{{cite journal|first=J. S.|last=Baly|year=1881|title=Descriptions of uncharacterized species of Eumolpidæ, with notices of some previously described insects belonging to the same Family|journal=Transactions of the Entomological Society of London|volume=29|issue=4|pages=491–506|doi=10.1111/j.1365-2311.1881.tb00878.x|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/18454 }}</ref> * ''Metaxyonycha dominga'' <small>(Bechyné, 1958)</small><ref name="Bechyné1958"/> * ''Metaxyonycha elegans'' <small>Lefèvre, 1883</small><ref name="Lefevre1883"/> * ''Metaxyonycha elytrospila'' <small>(Bechyné & Bechyné, 1968)</small><ref name="BechynéBechyné1968"/> * ''Metaxyonycha excentritarsis'' <small>(Bechyné & Bechyné, 1968)</small><ref name="BechynéBechyné1968"/> * ''Metaxyonycha fasciata'' <small>Lefèvre, 1875</small><ref name="Lefevre1875">{{cite journal|last=Lefèvre|first=E.|year=1875|title=Description d'Eumolpides nouveaux ou peu connus|url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33047456|journal=Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée|series=3|volume=3|pages=65–74}}</ref> ** ''Metaxyonycha fasciata caurensis'' <small>(Bechyné & Bechyné, 1968)</small><ref name="BechynéBechyné1968"/> ** ''Metaxyonycha fasciata fasciata'' <small>Lefèvre, 1875</small> * ''Metaxyonycha flavofasciata'' <small>(Bowditch, 1921)</small><ref name="Bowditch1921a">{{cite journal|last=Bowditch|first=F. C.|year=1921|title=South American Eumolpidæ, mostly of the group Colaspini|url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12119924|journal=The Entomologist|volume=54|pages=25–30}}</ref> * ''Metaxyonycha fuscovitatta'' <small>(Bechyné, 1954)</small><ref name="Bechyné1954">{{cite journal|last=Bechyné|first=J.|year=1954|title=La liste des Eumolpides de Rio Grande do Sul (Brésil) et observations diverses sur les espéces néotropicales|url=http://chrysomelidae.miza-ucv.org.ve/sites/chrysomelidae.miza-ucv.org.ve/files/1954_Separata_101.pdf|journal=Arquivos do Museu Paranaense|volume=10|pages=141–226}} (note: pages 196–199 are missing in the PDF)</ref> * ''Metaxyonycha godmani'' <small>(Jacoby, 1879)</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> * ''Metaxyonycha gounelli'' <small>Lefèvre, 1891</small><ref name="Lefevre1891b">{{cite journal|last=Lefèvre|first=E.|year=1891|title=Voyages de M. Emile Gounelle au Brésil. Eumolpides|url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32547647|journal=Annales de la Société Entomologique de France|volume=60|pages=287–296}}</ref> ** ''Metaxyonycha gounelli acrospina'' <small>(Bechyné & Bechyné, 1968)</small><ref name="BechynéBechyné1968"/> ** ''Metaxyonycha gounelli gounelli'' <small>Lefèvre, 1891</small> * ''Metaxyonycha granulata'' <small>(Germar, 1821)</small> * ''Metaxyonycha guttifera'' <small>(Bechyné, 1955)</small><ref>{{cite journal|last=Bechyné|first=J.|year=1955|title=Troisieme note sur les Chrysomeloidea néotropicaux des collections de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique (Co. Phytophaga) (1) Premiere partie|url=http://chrysomelidae.miza-ucv.org.ve/sites/chrysomelidae.miza-ucv.org.ve/files/1955_Separata_102.pdf|journal=Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique|volume=31|pages=1–23}}</ref> ** ''Metaxyonycha guttifera guttifera'' <small>(Bechyné, 1955)</small> ** ''Metaxyonycha guttifera lepidosoma'' <small>(Bechyné & Bechyné, 1968)</small><ref name="BechynéBechyné1968"/> * ''Metaxyonycha haroldi'' <small>(Lefèvre, 1891)</small> * ''Metaxyonycha hirsuta'' <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> * ''Metaxyonycha hirtipennis'' <small>(Jacoby, 1881)</small><ref name="Jacoby1881"/><ref name="Flowers1996"/> * ''Metaxyonycha humeralis'' <small>Marshall, 1864</small><ref name="Marshall1864"/> * ''Metaxyonycha humilis'' <small>Marshall, 1864</small><ref name="Marshall1864"/> * ''Metaxyonycha hybrida'' <small>(Lefèvre, 1878)</small> * ''Metaxyonycha jeanneli'' <small>(Bechyné, 1951)</small><ref name="Bechyné1951">{{cite journal|first=J.|last=Bechyné|year=1951|title=Liste provisoire des Eumolpides de Bolivie et observations diverses sur les espèces de l'Amérique du Sud (Col. Phytophaga)|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45935465|journal=Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey Tutzing bei München|volume=2|pages=227–352}}</ref> * ''Metaxyonycha jusepinensis'' <small>(Bechyné & Bechyné, 1968)</small><ref name="BechynéBechyné1968"/> * ''Metaxyonycha lacerdae'' <small>Lefèvre, 1884</small><ref name="Lefevre1884">{{cite journal|last=Lefèvre|first=E.|year=1884|title=Le diagnoses de nouvelles espèces d'Eumolpides|url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32550604|journal=Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France|series=Série 6 |volume=4 |pages=CXX–CXXI}}</ref> * ''Metaxyonycha lefevrei'' <small>(Harold, 1875)</small> * ''Metaxyonycha lima'' <small>(Bechyné, 1955)</small><ref name="Bechyné1955"/> * ''Metaxyonycha limbata'' <small>(Jacoby, 1890)</small><ref name="Jacoby1890"/><ref name="Flowers1996"/> * ''Metaxyonycha longicornis'' <small>(Bechyné, 1951)</small><ref name="Bechyné1951"/> * ''Metaxyonycha martinezi'' <small>(Bechyné, 1951)</small><ref name="Bechyné1951"/> * ''Metaxyonycha mattogrossoensis'' <small>(Scherer, 1964)</small><ref name="Scherer1964">{{cite journal|last=Scherer|first=G.|year=1964|title=Beitrag Zur Kenntnis Der Neotropischen Eumolpidenfauna (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Eumolpmae)|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45986179|journal=Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey Tutzing bei München|volume=15|pages=111–128}}</ref> * ''Metaxyonycha medeirosi'' <small>(Bechyné & Bechyné, 1961)</small><ref name="BechynéBechyné1961">{{cite journal|last1=Bechyné|first1=J.|last2=Špringlová de Bechyné|first2=B.|year=1961|title=Notas sobre Chrysomeloidea Neotropicais II|url=http://chrysomelidae.miza-ucv.org.ve/sites/chrysomelidae.miza-ucv.org.ve/files/1961_Separata_152.pdf|journal=Boletim do Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi |series=New Series|volume=37|pages=1–93}}</ref> * ''Metaxyonycha melanocephala'' <small>(Bechyné, 1953)</small><ref name="Bechyné1953"/> * ''Metaxyonycha melanogastra'' <small>(Lefèvre, 1884)</small><ref name="Lefèvre1884b">{{cite journal|last=Lefèvre|first=E.|year=1884|title=Descriptions de quatre genres nouveaux et de plusieurs espèces nouvelles de coléoptères de la famille des eumolpides|url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52116991|journal=Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de Belgique|volume=1884|pages=cxciii–ccvi}}</ref> * ''Metaxyonycha mendesi'' <small>Bechyné, 1949</small><ref name="Bechyné1949"/> ** ''Metaxyonycha mendesi mendesi'' <small>Bechyné, 1949</small> ** ''Metaxyonycha mendesi zikani'' <small>(Bechyné, 1953)</small><ref name="Bechyné1953"/> * ''Metaxyonycha minarum'' <small>(Lefèvre, 1888)</small> * ''Metaxyonycha montesi'' <small>(Bechyné, 1953)</small><ref name="Bechyné1953"/> * ''Metaxyonycha nigritarsis'' <small>Lefèvre, 1875</small><ref name="Lefevre1875"/> ** ''Metaxyonycha nigritarsis minor'' <small>(Bechyné, 1953)</small><ref name="Bechyné1953"/> ** ''Metaxyonycha nigritarsis nigritarsis'' <small>Lefèvre, 1875</small> * ''Metaxyonycha ocanana'' <small>(Lefèvre, 1878)</small><ref name="Flowers2004"/> * ''Metaxyonycha octosignata'' <small>Baly, 1881</small><ref name="Baly1881"/> * ''Metaxyonycha pallidula'' <small>(Boheman, 1858)</small> ** ''Metaxyonycha pallidula interior'' <small>(Bechyné, 1958)</small><ref name="Bechyné1958"/> ** ''Metaxyonycha pallidula pallidula'' <small>(Boheman, 1858)</small> * ''Metaxyonycha panamensis'' <small>Jacoby, 1890</small><ref name="Jacoby1890"/> * ''Metaxyonycha parallela'' <small>(Bechyné, 1951)</small><ref name="Bechyné1951"/> * ''Metaxyonycha piceola'' <small>(Bechyné & Bechyné, 1968)</small><ref name="BechynéBechyné1968"/> * ''Metaxyonycha plagiata'' <small>Lefèvre, 1891</small> * ''Metaxyonycha porcata'' <small>(Germar, 1824)</small> * ''Metaxyonycha problematica'' <small>(Bechyné, 1951)</small><ref name="Bechyné1951"/> * ''Metaxyonycha pulchra'' <small>(Scherer, 1964)</small><ref name="Scherer1964"/> * ''Metaxyonycha quadrimaculata'' <small>(Olivier, 1808)</small> * ''Metaxyonycha quadrinotata'' <small>Marshall, 1864</small><ref name="Marshall1864"/> * ''Metaxyonycha radioni'' <small>(Bechyné, 1952)</small><ref name="Bechyné1952">{{cite journal|last=Bechyné|first=J.|year=1952|title=Deuxieme note sur les Eumolpide Neotropicaus des collections de l'Institut Royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique|url=http://chrysomelidae.miza-ucv.org.ve/sites/chrysomelidae.miza-ucv.org.ve/files/1952_Separata_80.pdf|journal=Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique|volume=28|pages=1–20}}</ref> * ''Metaxyonycha richteri'' <small>(Bechyné, 1953)</small><ref name="Bechyné1953"/> * ''Metaxyonycha rosiovittata'' <small>Bechyné, 1949</small><ref name="Bechyné1949"/> ** ''Metaxyonycha rosiovittata obsoleta'' <small>(Bechyné & Bechyné, 1968)</small><ref name="BechynéBechyné1968"/> ** ''Metaxyonycha rosiovittata rosiovittata'' <small>Bechyné, 1949</small> * ''Metaxyonycha rugosa'' <small>Jacoby, 1900</small><ref name="Jacoby1900"/> * ''Metaxyonycha salvini'' <small>Jacoby, 1881</small><ref name="Jacoby1881"/><ref name="Flowers1996"/> * ''Metaxyonycha sanguinea'' <small>Lefèvre, 1878</small> * ''Metaxyonycha schinicola'' <small>(Bechyné, 1958)</small><ref name="Bechyné1958"/> * ''Metaxyonycha seabrai'' <small>(Bechyné & Bechyné, 1968)</small><ref name="BechynéBechyné1968"/> * ''Metaxyonycha semiocclusa'' <small>(Bechyné, 1951)</small><ref name="Bechyné1951"/> * ''Metaxyonycha sergipensis'' <small>(Bechyné & Bechyné, 1968)</small><ref name="BechynéBechyné1968"/> * ''Metaxyonycha signata'' <small>Lefèvre, 1885</small><ref name="Lefevre1885b">{{cite journal|last=Lefèvre|first=E.|year=1885|title=Description de quatre nouvelles espèces d'Eumolpides|url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10172165|journal=Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France|series=6|volume=5|pages=clxxxix–cxci}}</ref> * ''Metaxyonycha spinifera'' <small>(Bechyné, 1957)</small><ref name="Bechyné1957"/> * ''Metaxyonycha tarsata'' <small>Baly, 1881</small><ref name="Baly1881"/> * ''Metaxyonycha tejucana'' <small>Marshall, 1864</small><ref name="Marshall1864"/> * ''Metaxyonycha tenuenotata'' <small>(Bechyné, 1950)</small><ref name="Bechyné1950c">{{cite journal|first=J.|last=Bechyné|year=1950|title=Notes sur les Chrysomeloidea de l'Amerique du Sud et du Centre (Col. Phytoph.)|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45935149|journal=Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey Tutzing bei München|volume=1|pages=237–269}}</ref> * ''Metaxyonycha testacea'' <small>(Fabricius, 1801)</small> * ''Metaxyonycha tetrasticta'' <small>Marshall, 1864</small><ref name="Marshall1864"/> * ''Metaxyonycha tricolor'' <small>(Perty, 1832)</small> * ''Metaxyonycha tridentata'' <small>Jacoby, 1877</small><ref name="Jacoby1877">{{cite journal|last=Jacoby|first=M.|year=1877|title=Descriptions of new species of Phytophagous Coleoptera|url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28518428|journal=Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London|volume=1877|pages=510–520}}</ref> * ''Metaxyonycha trigonomera'' <small>(Bechyné & Bechyné, 1968)</small><ref name="BechynéBechyné1968"/> * ''Metaxyonycha validicornis'' <small>Lefèvre, 1885</small><ref name="Lefevre1885b"/> * ''Metaxyonycha variolosa'' <small>Jacoby, 1890</small><ref name="Jacoby1890"/> * ''Metaxyonycha vianai'' <small>Bechyné, 1949</small><ref name="Bechyné1949"/> * ''Metaxyonycha vigia'' <small>(Bechyné & Bechyné, 1961)</small><ref name="BechynéBechyné1961"/> * ''Metaxyonycha violena'' <small>(Bechyné, 1954)</small><ref name="Bechyné1954"/> * ''Metaxyonycha viridilimbata'' <small>Lefèvre, 1877</small><ref name="Lefevre1877"/> * ''Metaxyonycha vittulosa'' <small>(Bechyné, 1951)</small><ref name="Bechyné1951"/> * ''Metaxyonycha weyrauchi'' <small>(Bechyné, 1950)</small><ref name="Bechyné1950c"/> ** ''Metaxyonycha weyrauchi chaparensis'' <small>(Bechyné, 1951)</small><ref name="Bechyné1951"/> ** ''Metaxyonycha weyrauchi weyrauchi'' <small>(Bechyné, 1950)</small> {{div col end}}

The following species are synonyms:<ref name="BechynéBechyné1968"/> * ''Metaxyonycha batesi'' <small>Baly, 1881</small>:<ref name="Baly1881"/> Synonym of ''Metaxyonycha augusta'' <small>(Perty, 1832)</small> * ''Metaxyonycha formosa'' <small>Lefèvre, 1883</small>:<ref name="Lefevre1883"/> Synonym of ''Metaxyonycha augusta'' <small>(Perty, 1832)</small> * ''Metaxyonycha pretiosa'' <small>Baly, 1881</small>:<ref name="Baly1881"/> Synonym of ''Metaxyonycha augusta'' <small>(Perty, 1832)</small>

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