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Metriini LeConte 1853

Wendy Moore
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Containing group: Paussinae

References

Ball, G. E. and S. McCleve. 1990. The Middle American genera of the tribe Ozaenini with notes about the species in southwestern USA and selected species from Mexico. Quaestiones Entomologicae 26(1): 31-116.

Beutel, R. G. 1992. Study on the systematic position of Metriini based on characters of the larval head (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Systematic Entomology 17(3): 207-218.

Bousquet, Y. 1986. Description of first-instar larva of Metrius contractus (Coleoptera: Carabidae) with remarks about phylogenetic relationships and ranking of the genus Metrius. Canadian Entomologist 118(4): 373-388.

Bousquet, Y. and H. Goulet. 1990. Description of a new species of Metrius (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Paussini) from Idaho (USA) with comments on the taxonomic status of the other taxa of the genus. Pan Pacific Entomologist 66(1): 13-18.

Eisner, T., T. H. Jones, D. J. Aneshansley, W. R. Tschinkel, R. E. Silverglied and J. Meinwald. 1977. Chemistry of defensive secretions of bombardier beetles (Brachinini, Metriini, Ozaenini, Paussini). J. Insect Physiol. 23: 1383-1386.

Zinner, K. 1986. Some physiochemical aspects of the defensive reactions of carabid beetles: The presence of pentadecane. Arquivos De Biologia E Tecnologia 29(3): 453-456.

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Scientific Name Metrius contractus
Specimen Condition Dead Specimen
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