''Metaclisa'' is a genus of

darkling beetle Darkling beetle is the common name for members of the beetle family Tenebrionidae. The number of species in the Tenebrionidae is estimated at more than 20,000 and the family is cosmopolitan in distribution. Taxonomy ''Tenebrio'' is the Latin gen ...

s in the family

Tenebrionidae Darkling beetle is the common name for members of the beetle family Tenebrionidae. The number of species in the Tenebrionidae is estimated at more than 20,000 and the family is cosmopolitan in distribution. Taxonomy ''Tenebrio'' is the Latin gen ...

, the sole genus of the tribe Metaclisini. There are at least four described species in ''Metaclisa'', found in North America, the

Neotropics The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropics, tropical Ecoregion#Terrestrial, terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperat ...

, the

Palearctic The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Sibe ...

, and

Indomalaya The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It extends across most of South and Southeast Asia and into the southern parts of East Asia. Also called the Oriental realm by biogeographers, Indomalaya spreads all over the Indi ...

Species

These species belong to the genus ''Metaclisa'': * ''

Metaclisa atra ''Metaclisa'' is a genus of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae, the sole genus of the tribe Metaclisini. There are at least four described species in ''Metaclisa'', found in North America, the Neotropics, the Palearctic, and Indomalaya. ...

'' LeConte, 1866 * ''

Metaclisa azurea ''Metaclisa'' is a genus of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae, the sole genus of the tribe Metaclisini. There are at least four described species in ''Metaclisa'', found in North America, the Neotropical Realm, Neotropics, the Palearct ...

'' (Waltl, 1838) * ''

Metaclisa marginalis ''Metaclisa'' is a genus of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae, the sole genus of the tribe Metaclisini. There are at least four described species in ''Metaclisa'', found in North America, the Neotropics, the Palearctic, and Indomalaya. ...

'' Horn, 1870 * '' Metaclisa seditiosa'' (LeConte 1866)

References

Tenebrioninae {{tenebrionidae-stub