''Metaxyonycha'' is a genus of
leaf beetle
The beetle family Chrysomelidae, commonly known as leaf beetles, includes over 37,000 (and probably at least 50,000) species in more than 2,500 genera, making it one of the largest and most commonly encountered of all beetle families. Numerous s ...
s in the subfamily
Eumolpinae
The Eumolpinae are a subfamily of the leaf beetles, or Chrysomelidae. It is one of the largest subfamilies of leaf beetles, including more than 500 genera and 7000 species. They are oval, and convex in form, and measure up to 10 mm in size. ...
.
Taxonomy
''Metaxyonycha'' was first named by
Louis Alexandre Auguste Chevrolat
Louis Alexandre Auguste Chevrolat (29 March 1799, Paris – 16 December 1884, Paris) was a French entomologist. He specialized mainly on the beetles and was a founder of the Societe entomologique de France in 1832.
Chevrolat worked as a toll adm ...
in 1836, with the spelling "''Metazyonycha''", in
Dejean's ''Catalogue of Coleoptera''. According to Bousquet and Bouchard in 2013, ''Metaxyonycha'' is an incorrect subsequent spelling of ''Metazyonycha''. However, because the subsequent spelling is in prevailing usage and is attributed to the original spelling's publication, "''Metaxyonycha''" is considered the correct spelling.
In some publications for the
Neotropical realm
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, ''Metaxyonycha'' is also known as "''
Colaspis''". This was because the Czech entomologist
Jan Bechyné
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had synonymised ''Metaxyonycha'' with ''Colaspis'', after incorrectly assuming the two had the same type species, while splitting the species of ''Colaspis'' listed in the ''Coleopterorum Catalogus'' (a beetle catalog edited by
Wilhelm Junk
Wilhelm Junk born Jeitteles (3 February 1866, Prague – 3 December 1942, The Hague) was a noted Czech antiquarian bookseller in the field of natural history, and an entomologist.
Wilhelm was born in Prague in a family with numerous pharmacists. ...
and
Sigmund Schenkling
Sigmund Schenkling (11 July 1865, in Laucha an der Unstrut – 16 December 1946, in Eisleben) was a German entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera.
Schenkling's collection is held by the German Entomological Institute. It is notable for C ...
) into a separate genus known as "''Maecolaspis''". As a result, Bechyné was using the name ''Colaspis'' for what was actually ''Metaxyonycha''.
Species
The following species belong to the genus ''Metaxyonycha'' (or ''Colaspis'' sensu Bechyné):
* ''
Metaxyonycha acuminipennis''
(Blanchard
Blanchard is a French family name. It is also used as a given name. It derives from the Old French word ''blanchart'' which meant "whitish, bordering upon white". It is also an obsolete term for a white horse.
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, ...
, 1843)
* ''
Metaxyonycha amasia''
Marshall
Marshall may refer to:
Places
Australia
*Marshall, Victoria, a suburb of Geelong, Victoria
** Marshall railway station
Canada
* Marshall, Saskatchewan
* The Marshall, a mountain in British Columbia
Liberia
* Marshall, Liberia
Marshall Is ...
, 1864
* ''
Metaxyonycha apochroma''
( Bechyné & Bechyné, 1976)
* ''
Metaxyonycha argentiniensis''
Bechyné, 1949
* ''
Metaxyonycha augusta''
( Perty, 1832)
** ''Metaxyonycha augusta augusta''
( Perty, 1832)
** ''Metaxyonycha augusta kosñipata''
( Bechyné & Bechyné, 1968)
* ''
Metaxyonycha auripennis''
( Germar, 1824)
* ''
Metaxyonycha boggianii''
( Bechyné, 1957)
* ''
Metaxyonycha bogotensis''
Jacoby, 1900
** ''Metaxyonycha bogotensis bogotensis''
Jacoby, 1900
** ''Metaxyonycha bogotensis splendicans''
( Bechyné & Bechyné, 1968)
* ''
Metaxyonycha bondari''
( Bechyné & Bechyné, 1968)
* ''
Metaxyonycha carminea''
( Bechyné, 1955)
* ''
Metaxyonycha chloroptera''
( Germar, 1824)
* ''
Metaxyonycha chlorospila''
Marshall
Marshall may refer to:
Places
Australia
*Marshall, Victoria, a suburb of Geelong, Victoria
** Marshall railway station
Canada
* Marshall, Saskatchewan
* The Marshall, a mountain in British Columbia
Liberia
* Marshall, Liberia
Marshall Is ...
, 1864
* ''
Metaxyonycha chotana''
( Bechyné, 1958)
* ''
Metaxyonycha comica''
( Bechyné, 1953)
* ''
Metaxyonycha concinna''
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, 1883
* ''
Metaxyonycha connexa''
Marshall
Marshall may refer to:
Places
Australia
*Marshall, Victoria, a suburb of Geelong, Victoria
** Marshall railway station
Canada
* Marshall, Saskatchewan
* The Marshall, a mountain in British Columbia
Liberia
* Marshall, Liberia
Marshall Is ...
, 1864
* ''
Metaxyonycha corpulenta''
( Bechyné, 1955)
* ''
Metaxyonycha costata''
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, 1877
* ''
Metaxyonycha crucifera''
Marshall
Marshall may refer to:
Places
Australia
*Marshall, Victoria, a suburb of Geelong, Victoria
** Marshall railway station
Canada
* Marshall, Saskatchewan
* The Marshall, a mountain in British Columbia
Liberia
* Marshall, Liberia
Marshall Is ...
, 1864
* ''
Metaxyonycha defficiens''
( Bechyné, 1953)
* ''
Metaxyonycha denieri''
( Bechyné, 1953)
* ''
Metaxyonycha diringshofeni''
( Bechyné & Bechyné, 1968)
* ''
Metaxyonycha distincta''
Baly, 1881
* ''
Metaxyonycha dominga''
( Bechyné, 1958)
* ''
Metaxyonycha elegans''
Lefèvre Lefebvre (; commonly in English-speaking countries, as well as or ) is a common northern French surname. Alternative forms include ''Lefebvre'', ''le Febvre'', ''Le Febvre'', ''Lefèbvre'', ''le Fèbvre'', ''Le Fèbvre'', as well as the common var ...
, 1883
* ''
Metaxyonycha elytrospila''
( Bechyné & Bechyné, 1968)
* ''
Metaxyonycha excentritarsis''
( Bechyné & Bechyné, 1968)
* ''
Metaxyonycha fasciata''
Lefèvre Lefebvre (; commonly in English-speaking countries, as well as or ) is a common northern French surname. Alternative forms include ''Lefebvre'', ''le Febvre'', ''Le Febvre'', ''Lefèbvre'', ''le Fèbvre'', ''Le Fèbvre'', as well as the common var ...
, 1875
** ''Metaxyonycha fasciata caurensis''
( Bechyné & Bechyné, 1968)
** ''Metaxyonycha fasciata fasciata''
Lefèvre Lefebvre (; commonly in English-speaking countries, as well as or ) is a common northern French surname. Alternative forms include ''Lefebvre'', ''le Febvre'', ''Le Febvre'', ''Lefèbvre'', ''le Fèbvre'', ''Le Fèbvre'', as well as the common var ...
, 1875
* ''
Metaxyonycha flavofasciata''
(Bowditch, 1921)
* ''
Metaxyonycha fuscovitatta''
( Bechyné, 1954)[ (note: pages 196–199 are missing in the PDF)]
* ''
Metaxyonycha godmani''
( Jacoby, 1879)
* ''
Metaxyonycha gounelli''
Lefèvre Lefebvre (; commonly in English-speaking countries, as well as or ) is a common northern French surname. Alternative forms include ''Lefebvre'', ''le Febvre'', ''Le Febvre'', ''Lefèbvre'', ''le Fèbvre'', ''Le Fèbvre'', as well as the common var ...
, 1891
** ''Metaxyonycha gounelli acrospina''
( Bechyné & Bechyné, 1968)
** ''Metaxyonycha gounelli gounelli''
Lefèvre Lefebvre (; commonly in English-speaking countries, as well as or ) is a common northern French surname. Alternative forms include ''Lefebvre'', ''le Febvre'', ''Le Febvre'', ''Lefèbvre'', ''le Fèbvre'', ''Le Fèbvre'', as well as the common var ...
, 1891
* ''
Metaxyonycha granulata''
( Germar, 1821)
* ''
Metaxyonycha guttifera''
( Bechyné, 1955)
** ''Metaxyonycha guttifera guttifera''
( Bechyné, 1955)
** ''Metaxyonycha guttifera lepidosoma''
( Bechyné & Bechyné, 1968)
* ''
Metaxyonycha haroldi''
(Lefèvre Lefebvre (; commonly in English-speaking countries, as well as or ) is a common northern French surname. Alternative forms include ''Lefebvre'', ''le Febvre'', ''Le Febvre'', ''Lefèbvre'', ''le Fèbvre'', ''Le Fèbvre'', as well as the common var ...
, 1891)
* ''
Metaxyonycha hirsuta''
Jacoby, 1890
* ''
Metaxyonycha hirtipennis''
( Jacoby, 1881)
* ''
Metaxyonycha humeralis''
Marshall
Marshall may refer to:
Places
Australia
*Marshall, Victoria, a suburb of Geelong, Victoria
** Marshall railway station
Canada
* Marshall, Saskatchewan
* The Marshall, a mountain in British Columbia
Liberia
* Marshall, Liberia
Marshall Is ...
, 1864
* ''
Metaxyonycha humilis''
Marshall
Marshall may refer to:
Places
Australia
*Marshall, Victoria, a suburb of Geelong, Victoria
** Marshall railway station
Canada
* Marshall, Saskatchewan
* The Marshall, a mountain in British Columbia
Liberia
* Marshall, Liberia
Marshall Is ...
, 1864
* ''
Metaxyonycha hybrida''
(Lefèvre Lefebvre (; commonly in English-speaking countries, as well as or ) is a common northern French surname. Alternative forms include ''Lefebvre'', ''le Febvre'', ''Le Febvre'', ''Lefèbvre'', ''le Fèbvre'', ''Le Fèbvre'', as well as the common var ...
, 1878)
* ''
Metaxyonycha jeanneli''
( Bechyné, 1951)
* ''
Metaxyonycha jusepinensis''
( Bechyné & Bechyné, 1968)
* ''
Metaxyonycha lacerdae''
Lefèvre Lefebvre (; commonly in English-speaking countries, as well as or ) is a common northern French surname. Alternative forms include ''Lefebvre'', ''le Febvre'', ''Le Febvre'', ''Lefèbvre'', ''le Fèbvre'', ''Le Fèbvre'', as well as the common var ...
, 1884
* ''
Metaxyonycha lefevrei''
( Harold, 1875)
* ''
Metaxyonycha lima''
( Bechyné, 1955)
* ''
Metaxyonycha limbata''
( Jacoby, 1890)
* ''
Metaxyonycha longicornis''
( Bechyné, 1951)
* ''
Metaxyonycha martinezi''
( Bechyné, 1951)
* ''
Metaxyonycha mattogrossoensis''
(Scherer, 1964)
* ''
Metaxyonycha medeirosi''
( Bechyné & Bechyné, 1961)
* ''
Metaxyonycha melanocephala''
( Bechyné, 1953)
* ''
Metaxyonycha melanogastra''
(Lefèvre Lefebvre (; commonly in English-speaking countries, as well as or ) is a common northern French surname. Alternative forms include ''Lefebvre'', ''le Febvre'', ''Le Febvre'', ''Lefèbvre'', ''le Fèbvre'', ''Le Fèbvre'', as well as the common var ...
, 1884)
* ''
Metaxyonycha mendesi''
Bechyné, 1949
** ''Metaxyonycha mendesi mendesi''
Bechyné, 1949
** ''Metaxyonycha mendesi zikani''
( Bechyné, 1953)
* ''
Metaxyonycha minarum''
(Lefèvre Lefebvre (; commonly in English-speaking countries, as well as or ) is a common northern French surname. Alternative forms include ''Lefebvre'', ''le Febvre'', ''Le Febvre'', ''Lefèbvre'', ''le Fèbvre'', ''Le Fèbvre'', as well as the common var ...
, 1888)
* ''
Metaxyonycha montesi''
( Bechyné, 1953)
* ''
Metaxyonycha nigritarsis''
Lefèvre Lefebvre (; commonly in English-speaking countries, as well as or ) is a common northern French surname. Alternative forms include ''Lefebvre'', ''le Febvre'', ''Le Febvre'', ''Lefèbvre'', ''le Fèbvre'', ''Le Fèbvre'', as well as the common var ...
, 1875
** ''Metaxyonycha nigritarsis minor''
( Bechyné, 1953)
** ''Metaxyonycha nigritarsis nigritarsis''
Lefèvre Lefebvre (; commonly in English-speaking countries, as well as or ) is a common northern French surname. Alternative forms include ''Lefebvre'', ''le Febvre'', ''Le Febvre'', ''Lefèbvre'', ''le Fèbvre'', ''Le Fèbvre'', as well as the common var ...
, 1875
* ''
Metaxyonycha ocanana''
(Lefèvre Lefebvre (; commonly in English-speaking countries, as well as or ) is a common northern French surname. Alternative forms include ''Lefebvre'', ''le Febvre'', ''Le Febvre'', ''Lefèbvre'', ''le Fèbvre'', ''Le Fèbvre'', as well as the common var ...
, 1878)
* ''
Metaxyonycha octosignata''
Baly, 1881
* ''
Metaxyonycha pallidula''
( Boheman, 1858)
** ''Metaxyonycha pallidula interior''
( Bechyné, 1958)
** ''Metaxyonycha pallidula pallidula''
( Boheman, 1858)
* ''
Metaxyonycha panamensis''
Jacoby, 1890
* ''
Metaxyonycha parallela''
( Bechyné, 1951)
* ''
Metaxyonycha piceola''
( Bechyné & Bechyné, 1968)
* ''
Metaxyonycha plagiata''
Lefèvre Lefebvre (; commonly in English-speaking countries, as well as or ) is a common northern French surname. Alternative forms include ''Lefebvre'', ''le Febvre'', ''Le Febvre'', ''Lefèbvre'', ''le Fèbvre'', ''Le Fèbvre'', as well as the common var ...
, 1891
* ''
Metaxyonycha porcata''
( Germar, 1824)
* ''
Metaxyonycha problematica''
( Bechyné, 1951)
* ''
Metaxyonycha pulchra''
(Scherer, 1964)
* ''
Metaxyonycha quadrimaculata''
(Olivier
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* Château Olivier, a Bordeaux winery
*Olivier, Louisiana, a rural popula ...
, 1808)
* ''
Metaxyonycha quadrinotata''
Marshall
Marshall may refer to:
Places
Australia
*Marshall, Victoria, a suburb of Geelong, Victoria
** Marshall railway station
Canada
* Marshall, Saskatchewan
* The Marshall, a mountain in British Columbia
Liberia
* Marshall, Liberia
Marshall Is ...
, 1864
* ''
Metaxyonycha radioni''
( Bechyné, 1952)
* ''
Metaxyonycha richteri''
( Bechyné, 1953)
* ''
Metaxyonycha rosiovittata''
Bechyné, 1949
** ''Metaxyonycha rosiovittata obsoleta''
( Bechyné & Bechyné, 1968)
** ''Metaxyonycha rosiovittata rosiovittata''
Bechyné, 1949
* ''
Metaxyonycha rugosa''
Jacoby, 1900
* ''
Metaxyonycha salvini''
Jacoby, 1881
* ''
Metaxyonycha sanguinea''
Lefèvre Lefebvre (; commonly in English-speaking countries, as well as or ) is a common northern French surname. Alternative forms include ''Lefebvre'', ''le Febvre'', ''Le Febvre'', ''Lefèbvre'', ''le Fèbvre'', ''Le Fèbvre'', as well as the common var ...
, 1878
* ''
Metaxyonycha schinicola''
( Bechyné, 1958)
* ''
Metaxyonycha seabrai''
( Bechyné & Bechyné, 1968)
* ''
Metaxyonycha semiocclusa''
( Bechyné, 1951)
* ''
Metaxyonycha sergipensis''
( Bechyné & Bechyné, 1968)
* ''
Metaxyonycha signata''
Lefèvre Lefebvre (; commonly in English-speaking countries, as well as or ) is a common northern French surname. Alternative forms include ''Lefebvre'', ''le Febvre'', ''Le Febvre'', ''Lefèbvre'', ''le Fèbvre'', ''Le Fèbvre'', as well as the common var ...
, 1885
* ''
Metaxyonycha spinifera''
( Bechyné, 1957)
* ''
Metaxyonycha tarsata''
Baly, 1881
* ''
Metaxyonycha tejucana''
Marshall
Marshall may refer to:
Places
Australia
*Marshall, Victoria, a suburb of Geelong, Victoria
** Marshall railway station
Canada
* Marshall, Saskatchewan
* The Marshall, a mountain in British Columbia
Liberia
* Marshall, Liberia
Marshall Is ...
, 1864
* ''
Metaxyonycha tenuenotata''
( Bechyné, 1950)
* ''
Metaxyonycha testacea''
(Fabricius Fabricius (, ) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*people from the Ancient Roman Fabricia gens, gens Fabricia:
**Gaius Fabricius Luscinus, the first of the Fabricii to move to Rome
* Johann Goldsmid (1587–1616), known by his ...
, 1801)
* ''
Metaxyonycha tetrasticta''
Marshall
Marshall may refer to:
Places
Australia
*Marshall, Victoria, a suburb of Geelong, Victoria
** Marshall railway station
Canada
* Marshall, Saskatchewan
* The Marshall, a mountain in British Columbia
Liberia
* Marshall, Liberia
Marshall Is ...
, 1864
* ''
Metaxyonycha tricolor''
( Perty, 1832)
* ''
Metaxyonycha tridentata''
Jacoby, 1877
* ''
Metaxyonycha trigonomera''
( Bechyné & Bechyné, 1968)
* ''
Metaxyonycha validicornis''
Lefèvre Lefebvre (; commonly in English-speaking countries, as well as or ) is a common northern French surname. Alternative forms include ''Lefebvre'', ''le Febvre'', ''Le Febvre'', ''Lefèbvre'', ''le Fèbvre'', ''Le Fèbvre'', as well as the common var ...
, 1885
* ''
Metaxyonycha variolosa''
Jacoby, 1890
* ''
Metaxyonycha vianai''
Bechyné, 1949
* ''
Metaxyonycha vigia''
( Bechyné & Bechyné, 1961)
* ''
Metaxyonycha violena''
( Bechyné, 1954)
* ''
Metaxyonycha viridilimbata''
Lefèvre Lefebvre (; commonly in English-speaking countries, as well as or ) is a common northern French surname. Alternative forms include ''Lefebvre'', ''le Febvre'', ''Le Febvre'', ''Lefèbvre'', ''le Fèbvre'', ''Le Fèbvre'', as well as the common var ...
, 1877
* ''
Metaxyonycha vittulosa''
( Bechyné, 1951)
* ''
Metaxyonycha weyrauchi''
( Bechyné, 1950)
** ''Metaxyonycha weyrauchi chaparensis''
( Bechyné, 1951)
** ''Metaxyonycha weyrauchi weyrauchi''
( Bechyné, 1950)
The following species are synonyms:
* ''Metaxyonycha batesi''
Baly, 1881:
Synonym of ''
Metaxyonycha augusta''
( Perty, 1832)
* ''Metaxyonycha formosa''
Lefèvre Lefebvre (; commonly in English-speaking countries, as well as or ) is a common northern French surname. Alternative forms include ''Lefebvre'', ''le Febvre'', ''Le Febvre'', ''Lefèbvre'', ''le Fèbvre'', ''Le Fèbvre'', as well as the common var ...
, 1883:
Synonym of ''
Metaxyonycha augusta''
( Perty, 1832)
* ''Metaxyonycha pretiosa''
Baly, 1881:
Synonym of ''
Metaxyonycha augusta''
( Perty, 1832)
References
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Chrysomelidae genera
Eumolpinae
Beetles of North America
Beetles of South America
Taxa named by Louis Alexandre Auguste Chevrolat