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Metrioidea

Metrioidea is a genus of skeletonizing leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Fiji and New Caledonia. Additional species attributed to the genus are known from the Nearctic, Neotropical and Indomalayan realms, but these may actually belong to other genera. Metrioidea species from the New World are very similar to those in the genera Lilophaea, Luperodes and Monolepta.

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Metrioidea
Metrioidea sp., Texas
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Galerucinae
Tribe: Luperini
Subtribe: Luperina
Genus: Metrioidea
Fairmaire, 1881
Type species
Metrioidea signatipennis
Fairmaire, 1881

Metrioidea is a genus of skeletonizing leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae.123 It is found in Fiji and New Caledonia. Additional species attributed to the genus are known from the Nearctic, Neotropical and Indomalayan realms, but these may actually belong to other genera.4 Metrioidea species from the New World are very similar to those in the genera Lilophaea, Luperodes and Monolepta.5

Metrioidea sp., Texas source ↗
Metrioidea sp., Texas source ↗

Species

These species belong to the genus Metrioidea:

Fiji/New Caledonia species:467

  • Metrioidea astridae Beenen, 2013 – New Caledonia
  • Metrioidea aurantiaca Beenen, 2013 – New Caledonia
  • Metrioidea bimaculata (Perroud & Montrouzier, 1864) – New Caledonia
  • Metrioidea brunneipennis Beenen, 2013 – New Caledonia
  • Metrioidea cornuphallus Beenen, 2008 – New Caledonia
  • Metrioidea decorata Beenen, 2013 – New Caledonia
  • Metrioidea glabella Beenen, 2013 – New Caledonia
  • Metrioidea hirtipennis Beenen, 2013 – New Caledonia
  • Metrioidea ingeborgae Beenen, 2013 – New Caledonia
  • Metrioidea janbezdeki Beenen, 2013 – New Caledonia
  • Metrioidea lateralimaculata Beenen, 2008 – New Caledonia
  • Metrioidea millei Beenen, 2008 – New Caledonia
  • Metrioidea moala (Gressitt in Bryant & Gressitt, 1957) – Fiji
  • Metrioidea monteithi Beenen, 2013 – New Caledonia
  • Metrioidea petrae Beenen, 2008 – New Caledonia
  • Metrioidea pilifera Beenen, 2013 – New Caledonia
  • Metrioidea schoelleri Beenen, 2008 – New Caledonia
  • Metrioidea wanati Beenen, 2008 – New Caledonia
  • Metrioidea vitiensis (Bryant, 1925) – Fiji
  • Metrioidea signatipennis Fairmaire, 1881 – Fiji
  • Metrioidea undulata Beenen, 2013 – New Caledonia
  • Metrioidea zimmermani (Bryant in Bryant & Gressitt, 1957) – Fiji

New World species:

References

References

  1. "Metrioidea Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
  2. "Metrioidea". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
  3. Beenen, R. (2008). "Contribution to the knowledge of Galerucinae of New Caledonia (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae)" (PDF). Genus. 19 (1): 65–87. Retrieved 25 December 2025.
  4. 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.
  5. Beenen, R. (2013). "Contribution to the knowledge of Galerucinae of New Caledonia 2 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)" (PDF). Genus. 24 (1): 65–108. Retrieved 25 December 2025.
  6. Evenhuis, Neal L. (2013). "Fiji Coleoptera Checklist". hbs.bishopmuseum.org. Retrieved 29 December 2025.
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