Metaclisa is a genus of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae, the sole genus of the tribe Metaclisini. There are at least four described species in Metaclisa, found in North America, the Neotropics, the Palearctic, and Indomalaya.[1][2][3][4]
Metaclisa | |
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Metaclisa viridis, Iran | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Tenebrionidae |
Subfamily: | Tenebrioninae |
Tribe: | Metaclisini |
Genus: | Metaclisa Jacquelin du Val, 1861 |
Species
editThese species belong to the genus Metaclisa:
- Metaclisa atra LeConte, 1866
- Metaclisa azurea (Waltl, 1838)
- Metaclisa marginalis Horn, 1870
- Metaclisa seditiosa (LeConte 1866)
References
edit- ^ "Metaclisa". GBIF. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
- ^ "Metaclisa genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
- ^ Bousquet, Yves; Thomas, Donald B.; Bouchard, Patrice; Smith, Aaron D.; et al. (2018). "Catalogue of Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) of North America". ZooKeys (728): 1–455. doi:10.3897/zookeys.728.20602. PMC 5799738. PMID 29416389.
- ^ Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Aalbu, Rolf L.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2021). "Review of genus-group names in the family Tenebrionidae (Insecta, Coleoptera)". ZooKeys (1050): 1–633. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1050.64217. hdl:10261/250214. PMC 8328949. PMID 34385881.