Biology:Metaclisa

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Short description: Genus of darkling beetles

Metaclisa
Metaclisa viridis (Motschulsky, 1859) (4567583623).jpg
Metaclisa viridis, Iran
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Tenebrionidae
Subfamily: Tenebrioninae
Tribe: Metaclisini
Genus: Metaclisa
Jacquelin du Val, 1861

Metaclisa is a genus of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae, the sole genus of the tribe Metaclisini. There are at least four described species in Metaclisa, found in North America, the Neotropics, the Palearctic, and Indomalaya.[1][2][3][4]

Species

These species belong to the genus Metaclisa:

  • Metaclisa atra LeConte, 1866
  • Metaclisa azurea (Waltl, 1838)
  • Metaclisa marginalis Horn, 1870
  • Metaclisa seditiosa (LeConte 1866)

References

  1. "Metaclisa". https://www.gbif.org/species/4404383. 
  2. "Metaclisa genus Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/384748. 
  3. Bousquet, Yves; Thomas, Donald B.; Bouchard, Patrice; Smith, Aaron D. et al. (2018). "Catalogue of Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) of North America". ZooKeys (728): 1–455. doi:10.3897/zookeys.728.20602. PMID 29416389. 
  4. Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Aalbu, Rolf L.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A. et al. (2021). "Review of genus-group names in the family Tenebrionidae (Insecta, Coleoptera)". ZooKeys (1050): 1–633. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1050.64217. PMID 34385881. PMC 8328949. https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/64217/. 

Wikidata ☰ Q21227130 entry