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Metacoryna Jacoby 1888

  • 1. Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602, USA. & Kerala Agricultural University, Department of Agricultural Entomology, College of Agriculture, Vellayani, Trivandrum, Kerala, 695522, India.
  • 2. Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602, USA.

Description

Genus Metacoryna Jacoby, 1888

Metacoryna Jacoby, 1888: 605 (type species Metacoryna fulvicollis Jacoby, 1888, by original designation).

Cyphotarsis Jacoby, 1892: 339 (type species Cyphotarsis niger Jacoby, 1892, by monotypy).

Remarks

This genus contains eight described species. Numerous undescribed species also belong here (Clark 1987b). They occur in Mexico and Central America. See Figs 126 and 214 for a habitus illustration and morphological details. See Clark (1987b) for a key to the species.

Notes

Published as part of Viswajyothi, Keezhpattillam & Clark, Shawn 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), pp. 1-102 in European Journal of Taxonomy 842 on pages 30-31, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.842.1945, http://zenodo.org/record/7222499

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Jacoby
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Chrysomelidae
Genus
Metacoryna
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Metacoryna Jacoby, 1888 sec. Viswajyothi & Clark, 2022

References

  • Jacoby M. 1888. Biologia Centrali-Americana, Insecta, Coleoptera, Galerucidae. Volume 6, Part 1: 585 - 625. London.
  • Jacoby M. 1892. Biologia Centrali-Americana, Insecta, Coleoptera, Supplement to Phytophaga. Volume 6, Part 1: 313 - 348. London.
  • Clark S. M. 1987 b. A Revision of the Section Scelidites in the Western Hemisphere (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae): 397. Ph. D. thesis. The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.