Biology:Metallactus

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Metallactus is a genus of case-bearing leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae.[1][2] There are over 70 described species distributed across South America.[3][4][5][6]

Species [selected few predominant]

  • Metallactus generosus (Suffrian, 1866)
  • Metallactus hamifer (Suffrian, 1866)
  • Metallactus londonpridei Sassi, 2018
  • Metallactus nigroplagiatus Sassi, 2020
  • Metallactus taeniatellus (Suffrian, 1866)

References

  1. ↑ Gómez-Zurita, J.; Cardoso, A. (2021). "Molecular systematics, higher-rank classification and Gondwanan origins of Cryptocephalinae leaf beetles." (in en). Zoologica Scripta 50 (5): 592–615. doi:10.1111/zsc.12501. 
  2. ↑ "Metallactus Suffrian, 1866" (in en). https://www.gbif.org/species/3260051. 
  3. ↑ Sassi, D. (2009). "Revision of the Metallactus hamifer species-group (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae)." (in en). Zootaxa 4657 (2): 201–245. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4657.2.1. 
  4. ↑ Sassi, D. (2020). "Revision of the Metallactus generosus species-group with a preliminary evaluation of the effectiveness of the endophallus morphology in distinguishing critical sibling species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae)." (in en). Zootaxa 4877 (1): 148–162. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4877.1.6. 
  5. ↑ Sassi, D. (2020). "Four peculiar new Metallactus species from Argentina (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Cryptocephalinae)." (in en). Fragmenta Entomologica 52 (2): 355–364.. doi:10.13133/2284-4880/465. 
  6. ↑ Sassi, D. (2022). "Revision of the Metallactus taeniatellus species group (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae)." (in en). Zootaxa 5125 (3): 251–282. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5125.3.1. 

Further reading

  • Arnett, Ross H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea.. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida. ISBN 978-0-8493-0954-0. .
  • Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico.. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1. 
  • Riley, Edward G., Shawn M. Clark, and Terry N. Seeno (2003). "Catalog of the leaf beetles of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae and Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae)". Coleopterists Society Special Publication no. 1, 290.
  • Data related to Metallactus at Wikispecies

Wikidata ☰ Q3246594 entry



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