Metaparia guatemalensis

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 guatemalensis

Name

Metaparia guatemalensis (Jacoby, 1881)

Lectotype: MCZ Ent:9385. ♂. "S./Geronimo/Champion [handwritten]//Spintherophyta/guatemalense/Jac. [handwritten]//Jacoby 2nd/Coll.//Type./9358 [red label]". (designated by Sublett & Cook, 2021: 788)

• Note: "9358" in Sublett & Cook, 2021 is probably a typo for "9385".

Paralectotypes: BMNH. 2 ♂♂ and 4 ♀♀ individually card-mounted and 1 ♂ and 1 ♀ mounted on the same card: labeled "S. Geronimo,/Guatemala./ Champion.//B.A.C./123. 4.//SYN-/TYPE [circular label with blue outline]"; 1 ♂ and 1 ♀ mounted on the same card: labeled “S. Geronimo,/Guatemala./ Champion.//B.A.C./123. 4.//Spintherophyta/ guatemalense [handwritten]//SYN-/TYPE [circular label with blue outline]//SYN-/TYPE [circular label with blue outline]”; 1 ♂, card-mounted: labeled "S. Geronimo,/Guatemala,/Champion.//B.C.A./123. 4.//4. Spintherophyta guatemalensis.//SYN-/TYPE [circular label with blue outline]"; 2 ♂♂ and 3 ♀♀, individually card-mounted: labeled "Costa Rica./V. Patten.//B.C.A.//123. 4.//SYN-/TYPE [circular label with blue outline]".

Type locality: "Guatemala: San Géronimo".

Synonymy

• Spintherophyta guatemalensis Jacoby, 1881: 123
• Metaparia guatemalensis: Flowers, 1996: 41

References

Primary references

• Flowers, R.W. 1996. La subfamilia Eumolpinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) en América Central. Revista de Biología Tropical Special Publication 2: 1–59. Abstract. Online version. Reference page. 
• Jacoby, M. 1880–1892. Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Coleoptera. Vol. VI. Part 1. Phytophaga (part). London: Dulau & Co. xx + 625 pp. 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.