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.
Species
These species belong to the genus Metrioidea:
Fiji/New Caledonia species:
- Metrioidea astridae <small>Beenen, 2013</small> â New Caledonia
- Metrioidea aurantiaca <small>Beenen, 2013</small> â New Caledonia
- Metrioidea bimaculata <small>(Perroud & Montrouzier, 1864)</small> â New Caledonia
- Metrioidea brunneipennis <small>Beenen, 2013</small> â New Caledonia
- Metrioidea cornuphallus <small>Beenen, 2008</small> â New Caledonia
- Metrioidea decorata <small>Beenen, 2013</small> â New Caledonia
- Metrioidea glabella <small>Beenen, 2013</small> â New Caledonia
- Metrioidea hirtipennis <small>Beenen, 2013</small> â New Caledonia
- Metrioidea ingeborgae <small>Beenen, 2013</small> â New Caledonia
- Metrioidea janbezdeki <small>Beenen, 2013</small> â New Caledonia
- Metrioidea lateralimaculata <small>Beenen, 2008</small> â New Caledonia
- Metrioidea millei <small>Beenen, 2008</small> â New Caledonia
- Metrioidea moala <small>(Gressitt in Bryant & Gressitt, 1957)</small> â Fiji
- Metrioidea monteithi <small>Beenen, 2013</small> â New Caledonia
- Metrioidea petrae <small>Beenen, 2008</small> â New Caledonia
- Metrioidea pilifera <small>Beenen, 2013</small> â New Caledonia
- Metrioidea schoelleri <small>Beenen, 2008</small> â New Caledonia
- Metrioidea wanati <small>Beenen, 2008</small> â New Caledonia
- Metrioidea vitiensis <small>(Bryant, 1925)</small> â Fiji
- Metrioidea signatipennis <small>Fairmaire, 1881</small> â Fiji
- Metrioidea undulata <small>Beenen, 2013</small> â New Caledonia
- Metrioidea zimmermani <small>(Bryant in Bryant & Gressitt, 1957)</small> â Fiji
New World species:
- Metrioidea atriceps <small>(Horn, 1893)</small>
- Metrioidea blakeae <small>(Wilcox, 1965)</small>
- Metrioidea brunnea <small>(Crotch, 1873)</small> (corn silk beetle)
- Metrioidea chiricahuensis <small>(Blake, 1942)</small>
- Metrioidea convexa <small>(Blake, 1942)</small>
- Metrioidea elachista <small>(Blake, 1942)</small>
- Metrioidea morula <small>(J.L.LeConte, 1865)</small>
- Metrioidea ocularis <small>(Blake, 1942)</small>
- Metrioidea popenoei <small>(Blake, 1942)</small>
- Metrioidea punctatissima <small>(Blake, 1942)</small>
- Metrioidea varicornis <small>(J. L. LeConte, 1868)</small>
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