Metaparia

Metaparia is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. There are nine described species in Metaparia, distributed from the United States to Central America.

Species

These nine species belong to the genus Metaparia:

• Metaparia cephalotes <small>(Lefèvre, 1877)</small> – Mexico
• Metaparia clytroides <small>Crotch, 1873</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g b}</span> – United States
• Metaparia guatemalensis <small>(Jacoby, 1881)</small> – Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico
• Metaparia hybrida <small>(Jacoby, 1881)</small> – Guatemala, Mexico
• Metaparia lesueuri <small>(Lefèvre, 1875)</small> – Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico
• Metaparia mandibuloflexa <small>Sublett, Schultz, & Cook, 2021</small> – Mexico, United States
• Metaparia opacicollis <small>(Horn, 1892)</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g b}</span> – United States
• Metaparia prosopis <small>Sublett, Schultz, & Cook, 2021</small> – Mexico, United States
• Metaparia viridimicans <small>(Horn, 1892)</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g b}</span> – Mexico, United States

The following species have been moved to other genera:

• Metaparia distincta <small>(Jacoby, 1881)</small>: moved to Brachypnoea
• Metaparia fulvicornis <small>(Jacoby, 1890)</small>: moved to Spintherophyta, renamed to Spintherophyta jacobyi <small>Sublett & Cook, 2021</small>
• Metaparia laevicollis <small>(Jacoby, 1881)</small>: moved to Dispardentium
• Metaparia thoracica <small>(Jacoby, 1881)</small>: moved to Spintherophyta
• Metaparia violacea <small>(Jacoby, 1890)</small>: moved to Spintherophyta

<small>Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net</small>

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