Paria pratensis is a species of leaf beetle.[2][3][4] It is found in the eastern United States[2] and eastern Canada (Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick).[5] One known host plant is the prairie rose (Rosa setigera).[1]
| Paria pratensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Paria |
| Species: | P. pratensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Paria pratensis Balsbaugh, 1970[1]
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References
edit- ^ a b Balsbaugh, E. U. (1970). "Review of the Genus Paria (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) of North America". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 63 (2): 453–460. doi:10.1093/aesa/63.2.453.
- ^ a b "Paria pratensis Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "Paria pratensis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "Paria pratensis Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ Webster, Reginald P.; Webster, Vincent L.; Alderson, Chantelle A.; Hughes, Cory C.; Sweeney, Jon D. (2016). "Further contributions to the Coleoptera fauna of New Brunswick with an addition to the fauna of Nova Scotia, Canada". ZooKeys (573): 265–338. Bibcode:2016ZooK..573..265W. doi:10.3897/zookeys.573.7327. PMC 4829930. PMID 27110171.
Further reading
edit- 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 LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
- Arnett, Ross H. (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
- White, Richard E. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.