Paria is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. There are about 40 described species in Paria in North and South America, 19 of which are known north of Mexico. The genus is very similar to Typophorus.
Species
Paria aeneipennis (Baly, 1878) Paria aemula Weise, 1921 Paria aphthonina Bechyné & Bechyné, 1961 Paria arizonensis Wilcox, 1957 Paria aterrima (Olivier, 1808) Paria atripennis (Lefèvre, 1878) Paria badia Bechyné & Bechyné, 1961 Paria barnesi Wilcox, 1957 Paria binotata Jacoby, 1891 Paria blatchleyi Wilcox, 1957 Paria brunnea Jacoby, 1882 Paria canella (Fabricius, 1801) Paria corumbana (Bechyné, 1951) Paria degenerata Weise, 1921 Paria desculpta Bechyné & Bechyné, 1961 Paria epimeralis (Bechyné, 1955) Paria erythopa (Lefèvre, 1888) Paria festinata (Bechyné, 1950) Paria fragariae Wilcox, 1954 (strawberry rootworm) (may be a species complex?) Paria fragariae fragariae Wilcox, 1954 Paria fragariae kirki Balsbaugh, 1970 Paria frosti Wilcox, 1957 Paria fulvipennis (Lefèvre, 1884) Paria geniculata (Lefèvre, 1878) Paria horvathi (Bechyné, 1955) Paria laevipennis Jacoby, 1882 Paria lepidoptera Bechyné, 1951 Paria mesostigma Bechyné, 1954 (note: pages 196–199, 202–203, 206–207 are missing in the PDF) Paria montanella (Bechyné, 1951) Paria nigripennis (Lefèvre, 1884) Paria nigronotata (Lefèvre, 1877) Paria obliquata Bechyné, 1951 Paria obliquata capitata Bechyné, 1957 Paria obliquata obliquata Bechyné, 1951 Paria opacicollis LeConte, 1859 (oak paria) Paria opacicollis opacicollis LeConte, 1859 Paria opacicollis wenzeli Wilcox, 1957 Paria picta Jacoby, 1891 Paria pratensis Balsbaugh, 1970 Paria pusilla (Lefèvre, 1876) Paria quadriguttata LeConte, 1858 (willow paria) Paria quadrinotata (Say, 1824) Paria quadriplagiata (Jacoby, 1876) Paria scutellaris (Notman, 1920) Paria sellata (Horn, 1892) Paria sexnotata (Say, 1824) (juniper paria) Paria thoracica (F. E. Melsheimer, 1847) Paria tibialis Jacoby, 1882 Paria tincta (Bechyné, 1957) Paria virginiae Wilcox, 1957 Paria vittaticollis Baly, 1878 Paria wilcoxi Balsbaugh, 1970
Species moved to Typophorus: Paria jacobyi (Lefèvre, 1884) Paria jacobyi atramentaria Weise, 1921 Paria jacobyi jacobyi (Lefèvre, 1884) Paria maculigera Lefèvre, 1888 Paria nigra Weise, 1921 Paria nigritarsis Jacoby, 1882 Paria signata (Lefèvre, 1891)
Species moved to other genera: Paria gounellei Lefèvre, 1888: moved to Phytoparia Paria stigmula Lefèvre, 1888: moved to Tijucana Paria vitticollis Jacoby, 1882: moved to Tijucana
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