Metachroma orientale
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Metachroma
Species:
M. orientale
Binomial name
Metachroma orientale
Blake, 1970[1]
Synonyms

Metachroma pallidum Crotch, 1873
(nec Say, 1824)[2]

Metachroma orientale is a species of leaf beetle.[3][4][5][6] It is found in coastal states in the United States, ranging from Texas to Florida to Massachusetts. Its length is between 3.5 and 4.7 mm.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Blake, Doris H. (1970). "A Review of the Beetles of the Genus Metachroma Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)" (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 57 (57): 1–111. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.57.
  2. ↑ Crotch, G. R. (1873). "Materials for the Study of the Phytophaga of the United States". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 25 (1): 19–83. JSTOR 4624297.
  3. 1 2 "Metachroma orientale Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-24.
  4. ↑ "Metachroma orientale Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-24.
  5. ↑ "Metachroma orientale Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-24.
  6. ↑ "Metachroma orientale species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-24.

Further reading

  • Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. Vol. 2nd Edition. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
  • Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press.
  • Capinera, John L., ed. (2008). Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. ISBN 978-1402062421.
  • LeConte, J.L. (1861). "Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Part I (part)". Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 3 (136): 1–208.
  • Papp, Charles S. (1984). Introduction to North American Beetles. Entomography Pubns.
  • Peck, Stewart B. & Michael C. Thomas (1998). "A distributional checklist of the beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida". Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  • Poole, Robert W.; Gentili, Patricia, eds. (1996). "Coleoptera". Nomina Insecta Nearctica: A Check List of the Insects of North America. Entomological Information Services. 1: Coleoptera, Strepsiptera: 41–820.
  • Riley, Edward G.; Clark, Shawn M.; Gilbert, Arthur J. (2001). "New records, nomenclatural changes, and taxonomic notes for select North American leaf beetles". Insecta Mundi. 15 (1): 1–17.
  • Riley, Edward G.; Clark, Shawn M.; Seeno, Terry N. (2003). Catalog of the leaf beetles of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae and Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae). Vol. Special Publication no. 1. The Coleopterists Society. ISBN 978-0-9726087-1-8.
  • White, Richard E. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin.


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