Rhyparidella

Rhyparidella is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is distributed in New Guinea, New Britain, Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands. It resembles the genus Rhyparida, but differs from it by having smaller eyes, lacking a "Y"-shaped suture on the frontoclypeus (a combined frons and clypeus, making up part of the face), generally having a small tooth on the underside of each femur on the legs, and being uniformly small-sized.

Species

• Rhyparidella arachi <small>(Gressitt, 1964)</small> – Papua New Guinea (East Sepik)
• Rhyparidella aviceps <small>Gressitt, 1969</small> – Western New Guinea: West Papua (Fakfak, Manokwari)
• Rhyparidella bicolor <small>Gressitt, 1969</small> – Western New Guinea: Central Papua (Dogiyai, Paniai)
• Rhyparidella buxtoni <small>(Bryant, 1936)</small> – Vanuatu
• Rhyparidella cacaona <small>(Gressitt, 1966)</small> – New Britain (Gazelle Peninsula, Willaumez Peninsula)
• Rhyparidella casuarinae <small>(Gressitt, 1964)</small> – Papua New Guinea (Eastern Highlands, Western Highlands, Chimbu)
• Rhyparidella cobaltina <small>Gressitt, 1969</small> – Papua New Guinea (Central)
• Rhyparidella corpulenta <small>Gressitt, 1969</small> – Woodlark
• Rhyparidella fakfaka <small>Gressitt, 1969</small> – Western New Guinea: West Papua (Fakfak)
• Rhyparidella fordi <small>Gressitt, 1969</small> – Papua New Guinea (Morobe, Southern Highlands, Eastern Highlands, Jiwaka)
• Rhyparidella fulva <small>Medvedev, 2009</small> – Western New Guinea: West Papua (Arfak Mountains)
• Rhyparidella hibisci <small>(Gressitt, 1964)</small> – Papua New Guinea (Gulf)
• Rhyparidella nigripennis <small>Medvedev, 2009</small> – Western New Guinea: Highland Papua (Jayawijaya)
• Rhyparidella ovipennis <small>Medvedev, 2009</small> – Western New Guinea: Highland Papua (Jayawijaya)
• Rhyparidella quadripustulata <small>(Jacoby, 1884)</small> – Biak, Yapen
• Rhyparidella riedeli <small>Medvedev, 2009</small> – Western New Guinea: West Papua (Arfak Mountains)
• Rhyparidella rufocapitis <small>Medvedev, 2009</small> – Western New Guinea: West Papua (Arfak Mountains)
• Rhyparidella rufometallica <small>Gressitt, 1969</small> – Papua New Guinea (Enga, Sandaun, Madang)
• Rhyparidella sewana <small>Gressitt, 1969</small> – Normanby Island
• Rhyparidella sobrina <small>(Bryant, 1950)</small> – Western New Guinea: Papua
• Rhyparidella suturalis <small>Medvedev, 2009</small> – Western New Guinea: Highland Papua (Jayawijaya)
• Rhyparidella wauensis <small>Gressitt, 1969</small> – Papua New Guinea (Morobe)
• Rhyparidella weisei <small>Medvedev, 2009</small> – Western New Guinea

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