''Metriorrynchus'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

beetle Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...

s in the family

Lycidae The Lycidae are a family in the beetle order Coleoptera, members of which are commonly called net-winged beetles. These beetles are cosmopolitan, being found in Nearctic, Palearctic, Neotropical, Afrotropical, Oriental, and Australian ecoregions ...

. They occur from Australia north to northern parts of Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand, west to eastern India.Bocák, L., Matsuda, K., & Yagi, T. (2006). A revision of ''Metriorrhynchus'' from the Philippines with molecular evidence of an Australian origin of the oriental ''Metriorrhynchus'' fauna (Coleoptera: Lycidae). European Journal of Entomology, 103(1), 115 The genus differs from other Asian genera in the tribe

Metriorrhynchini Lycinae is a subfamily of net-winged beetles in the family Lycidae. Tribes and Genera ''BioLib'' includes 11 tribes: Calochromini Auth.: Lacordaire, 1857 - sometimes placed as subfamily Calochrominae # ''Calochromus'' Guérin-Ménéville, 1833 ...

by the seven pronotal areolae in the rostrum, the serrated antennae, and the shape of the ovipositor, and the shape of the internal sacs of the male genitalia, which are armed with thorns. In 2007 the classification of the Asian species of ''Metriorrhynchus'' was revised. Species include:

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