Metalepta

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: Galerucinae
Tribus: Galerucini
Genus: Metalepta
Species (6): M. degandii – M. lojaensis – M. patricia – M. perezi – M. rubra – M. tuberculata

Name

Metalepta Baly, 1861: 205

Type species: Metalepta tuberculata Baly, 1861, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Baly, J.S. 1861. Descriptions of new genera and species of Phytophaga. The Journal of Entomology 1: 193–206. BHL. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Beenen, R. 2013. New species and a new genus of brachelytrous Galerucinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Entomologische Zeitschrift 123(4): 173–183. [not seen]
• Constantin, R. & Beenen, R. 2024. A revision of the genus Metalepta Baly, 1861, with the description of three new species from Peru (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 129(3): 257–272. DOI: 10.32475/bsef_2338 . Reference page. 
• Chaboo, C.S. & Clark, S. 2015. Beetles (Coleoptera) of Peru: A Survey of the Families. Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae (Not Including Alticini). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 88(3): 361–367. DOI: 10.2317/kent-88-03-361-367.1 . JSTOR . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Viswajyothi, K. & Clark, S.M. 2022. New World genera of Galerucinae Latreille, 1802 (tribes Galerucini Latreille, 1802, Metacyclini Chapuis, 1875, and Luperini Gistel, 1848): an annotated list and identification key (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 842(1): 1–102. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.842.1945 . Reference page.