Rhyparida
Sign in to saveRhyparida is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is mainly distributed in the Australasian, Oceanian and Indomalayan realms. It is most species-rich in Australia (about 100 species) and New Guinea (about 90 species), and reaches as far east as Samoa. Two species are also known from the African islands of Madagascar and Seychelles.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 575
- Family
- Chrysomelidae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, USNM, NMV
- Recorded in
- Indonesia, Micronesia, Federated States Of, Papua New Guinea, Australia, Palau
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Rhyparida is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is mainly distributed in the Australasian, Oceanian and Indomalayan realms. It is most species-rich in Australia (about 100 species) and New Guinea (about 90 species), and reaches as far east as Samoa. Two species are also known from the African islands of Madagascar and Seychelles.
== Description == In general appearance, beetles of this genus are 3-5 mm long, shiny, and black or brown in colour.
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