Paratriarius Explained
Paratriarius is a genus of skeletonizing leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are more than 20 described species in Paratriarius. They are found in North America and the Neotropics.
Species
There are 52 species recognised in the genus Paratriarius[1] including:
- Paratriarius azureipennis Gahan, 1891
- Paratriarius bipartitus (Baly, 1889)
- Paratriarius coccineus (Baly, 1865)
- Paratriarius cognatus (Baly, 1889)
- Paratriarius coryphaea (Baly, 1886)
- Paratriarius curtisii (Baly, 1886)
- Paratriarius denotatus (Gahan, 1891)
- Paratriarius difformis (Jacoby, 1887)
- Paratriarius dorsatus (Say, 1824)
- Paratriarius flavifrons (Jacoby, 1886)
- Paratriarius flavocinctus (Baly, 1886)
- Paratriarius flavomarginatus (Baly, 1886)
- Paratriarius limbatipennis (Baly, 1889)
- Paratriarius longitarsis (Jacoby, 1887)
- Paratriarius nicaraguensis (Jacoby, 1887)
- Paratriarius ornatus (Baly, 1859)
- Paratriarius pulcher (Baly, 1865)
- Paratriarius rugatus (Baly, 1879)
- Paratriarius smaragdinus (Jacoby, 1887)
- Paratriarius staudingeri (Baly, 1889)
- Paratriarius subimpressus (Jacoby, 1886)
- Paratriarius suturalis (Baly, 1865)
- Paratriarius triplagiatus (Baly, 1859)
- Paratriarius tropica Weise, 1916
- Paratriarius unifasciatus (Baly, 1889)
- Paratriarius zonula (Baly, 1889)
Further reading
- Book: A Synopsis of the North American Galerucinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). 1965. Wilcox . John A.. New York State Museum and Science Service.
- Book: Catalog of the leaf beetles of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae and Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae). 2003. Riley . Edward G.. Clark . Shawn M.. Seeno . Terry N.. The Coleopterists' Society. Special Publication No. 1. 978-0-9726087-1-8.
- Book: Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6: Chrysomeloidea. 2013. Lobl . I.. Smetana . A.. Apollo Books. 978-90-04-26091-7.
Notes and References
- Nie. Rui-E. Bezděk. Jan. Yang. Xing-Ke. 2017-12-11. How many genera and species of Galerucinae s. str. do we know? Updated statistics (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae). ZooKeys. 720. 91–102. 10.3897/zookeys.720.13517. 1313-2989. 5740445. 29290727. free. 2017ZooK..720...91N .
