Macrocoma leprieuri
| Macrocoma leprieuri | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Macrocoma |
| Species: | M. leprieuri |
| Binomial name | |
| Macrocoma leprieuri (Lefèvre, 1876) | |
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Macrocoma leprieuri is a species of leaf beetle from North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula to the Horn of Africa. It was first described by Édouard Lefèvre in 1876, as a species of Pachnephorus.
Subspecies
There are two subspecies of M. leprieuri:
- Macrocoma leprieuri leprieuri (Lefèvre, 1876): The nominotypical subspecies. Distributed in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and the United Arab Emirates. Also reported from Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Egypt, Libya, Sudan, Ethiopia and Somalia. It measures between 3.6 and 4.5 mm.
- Macrocoma leprieuri majuscula Bechyné, 1957: Found in Egypt. It is larger in size than the nominal form of the species, measuring between 4.5 and 6 mm.
References
- ↑ Lefèvre, É. (1876). "Synopsis des Eumolpides d'Europe et confins". L'Abeille, Mémoires d'Entomologie. 14: 1–20.
- 1 2 Bechyné, J. (1957). "Notes sur quelques Chrysomeloidea paléarctiques recueillis par M.G. Fagel (Coleopterea phytophaga)" (PDF). Bulletin of the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences. 33 (31): 1–4.
- ↑ Moseyko, A. G.; Sprecher-Uebersax, E. (2010). "Eumolpinae". In Löbl, I.; Smetana, A. (eds.). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books. pp. 619–643. ISBN 978-87-88757-84-2.
- ↑ Warchałowski, A. (2001). "A preliminary review of Western Palaearctic Macrocoma Chevrolat, 1837 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae)" (PDF). Genus. 12 (4): 449–477.
- ↑ "African Eumolpinae checklist: Morocco". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
- ↑ "African Eumolpinae checklist: Libya". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
- ↑ "African Eumolpinae checklist: Tunisia". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
- ↑ "African Eumolpinae checklist: United Arab Emirates". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved July 29, 2016.
- ↑ "African Eumolpinae checklist: Saudi Arabia". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved July 28, 2016.
- ↑ "African Eumolpinae checklist: Yemen". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
- ↑ "African Eumolpinae checklist: Egypt". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
- ↑ "African Eumolpinae checklist: Libya". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
- ↑ Selman, B. J. (1973). "Coleoptera from North-East Africa. Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae. (Zoological contribution from the Finnish expeditions to the Sudan No. 34)". Notulae Entomologicae. 53 (4): 159–166.