Metallactus
| Metallactus | |
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| Metallactus nigroplagiatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| (unranked): | Camptosomata |
| Subfamily: | Cryptocephalinae |
| Tribe: | Pachybrachini |
| Genus: | Metallactus Suffrian, 1866 |
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
- ^ Gómez-Zurita, J.; Cardoso, A. (2021). "Molecular systematics, higher-rank classification and Gondwanan origins of Cryptocephalinae leaf beetles". Zoological Scripta. 50 (5): 592–615. doi:10.1111/zsc.12501. hdl:10261/250516.
- ^ "Metallactus Suffrian, 1866". GBIF. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
- ^ Sassi, D. (2009). "Revision of the Metallactus hamifer species-group (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae)". Zootaxa. 4657 (2): 201–245. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4657.2.1.
- ^ 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)". Zootaxa. 4877 (1): 148–162. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4877.1.6.
- ^ Sassi, D. (2020). "Four peculiar new Metallactus species from Argentina (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Cryptocephalinae)". Fragmenta Entomologica. 52 (2): 355–364. doi:10.13133/2284-4880/465.
- ^ Sassi, D. (2022). "Revision of the Metallactus taeniatellus species group (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae)". 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.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link). - 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.
External links
Media related to Metallactus at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Metallactus at Wikispecies
