Metriopepla
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Cassidinae
Tribe: Basiprionotini
Genus: Metriopepla
Fairmaire, 1882
Species:
M. inornata
Binomial name
Metriopepla inornata
(Waterhouse, 1877)
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Epistictia inornata
  • Epistictia quadripunctata
  • M. lividula

Metriopepla is a monotypic genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Cassidinae. It contains one species, Metriopepla inornata, that is distributed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Ivory Coast, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania and Zambia.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Waterhouse, Chas. O. (1877). "Descriptions of new or little known species of Coleoptera from various localities". Cistula Entomologica. 2: 223–230. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
  2. ↑ Spaeth, Franz (1910). "7. Coleoptera 13. Cassidae". In Sjöstedt, Yngve (ed.). Wissenschaftliche ergebnisse der Schwedischen zoologischen expedition nach dem Kilimandjaro, dem Meru und den umgebenden Massaisteppen Deutsch-Ostafrikas 1905-1906 (in German). Vol. 1. Stockholm: P. Palmquists Aktiebolag. pp. 267–287. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
  3. ↑ Grobbelaar, E.; Chaboo, C. S. (2008). "Metriopepla inornata (Waterhouse) (Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Basiprionotini): newly recorded from South Africa with biological notes". African Entomology. 16 (1): 134–136. doi:10.4001/1021-3589-16.1.134. S2CID 86283580.


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