Metachroma Chevrolat 1836 (leaf beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae
Full reference: L. A. A. Chevrolat. 1836. New taxa. Catalogue des Coléoptères de la collection de M. le Comte Dejean 361-443
Parent taxon: Eumolpinae according to J. A. Santiago-Blay et al. 1996
See also Wickham 1912
Sister taxa: Alethaxius, Bromiini, Chalcosicya, Endocephalini, Eumolpini, Euryopini, Glyptoscelis, Profidia
Subtaxa: Metachroma florissantensis
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (2 collections)
• Eocene of United States (1: Colorado)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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