Genus Microbrotica Jacoby, 1887

Microbrotica Jacoby, 1887: 569 (type species Microbrotica subglabrata Jacoby, 1887, by monotypy).

Remarks

Smith & Lawrence (1967) “tentatively” assigned this genus to the tribe Metacyclini . However, we find very little similarity with other metacylines. We here transfer the genus to the section Diabroticites ( Luperini: Diabroticina), new taxonomic placement. This genus contains a single described species, M. subglabrata, which occurs in Panama (Fig. 72).