Metroserrapha
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Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Chrysomelidae
Name
Metroserrapha Bechyné, 1958a – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
References
Bechyné 1958a[1]: 86; Doguet 1974[2]: 120; Biondi and D’Alessandro 2010a[3]: 410.
Type species
Metroserrapha prima Bechyné, 1958a: 86 (Mauritius Island), by original designation.
Distribution
Madagascar and the Mascarene Islands (Fig. 337).
Ecology
The species in this genus are probably polyphagous, and have been associated mainly with plants in the Ericaceae, Asteraceae and Polygonaceae (cf. Jolivet and Hawkeswood 1995[4]).
Notes
Seven species are known from the Mascarene Islands and about ten, as yet undescribed, from Madagascar (personal data).
Taxon Treatment
- Biondi, M; D’Alessandro, P; 2012: Afrotropical flea beetle genera: a key to their identification, updated catalogue and biogeographical analysis (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini) ZooKeys, 253: 1-158. doi
Other References
- ↑ Bechyné J (1958a) Contribution a l’étude des Chrysomeloidea des Iles Mascareignes. II. Alticidae. Mauritius Institute Bulletin 5:83−93.
- ↑ Doguet S (1974) Contribution a l’étude des Alticinae des Iles Mascareignes (Col. Chrysomelidae). Nouvelle Revue d’Entomologie 4: 119−126.
- ↑ Biondi M, D’Alessandro P (2010a) Genus-group names of Afrotropical flea beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Alticinae): Annotated catalogue and biogeographical notes. Eur. J. Entomol. 107: 401-424.
- ↑ Jolivet P, Hawkeswood T (1995) Host-plants of Chrysomelidae of the World. An essay about the relationships between the leaf-beetles and their food-plants. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, 281 pp.
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