Metrogaleruca Bechyné & Bechyné, 1969

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Genus Metrogaleruca Bechyné & Bechyné, 1969

Metrogaleruca Bechyné & Bechyné, 1969: 24

(type species Chrysomela obscura DeGeer, 1775 , by original designation).

Remarks

This genus currently includes only five species, distributed from Mexico through much of South America, as well as in the Lesser Antilles. However, some species currently placed in Schematiza Chevrolat, 1836 , Yingaresca , or Ophraea Jacoby, 1886 might properly belong in Metrogaleruca . See Figs 31 and 221 for illustrations of Metrogaleruca .

Figures

Figs 28–36. Dorsal views. 28. Schematiza flavofasciata (Klug, 1829). 29. Yingaresca difficilis (Bowditch, 1923). 30. Yingaresca fuscomaculata (Jacoby, 1886). 31. Metrogaleruca obscura (Degeer, 1775). 32. Brucita marmorata (Jacoby, 1886). 33. Platynocera murina Blanchard, 1846. 34. Erynephala maritima (LeConte, 1865). 35. Monoxia angularis (LeConte, 1859). 36. Yingabruxia sordida (LeConte, 1858) comb. nov.

Figs 218–223. 218. Socorroita carinipennis (Bowditch, 1923), lateral view showing elytral carina. 219. Socorroita elvira Bechyné, 1956, lateral view showing elytral carina. 220. Diorhabda carinulata (Desbrochers des Loges, 1870), lateral view showing elytral costa. 221. Metrogaleruca sp., lateral view showing elytropleuron. 222. Itaitubana lineatipennis (Jacoby, 1886), lateral view. 223. Caraguata pallida (Jacoby, 1886), lateral view of elytron.