Biology:Macetes

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Short description: Genus of leaf beetles from Southeast Africa

Macetes
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Eumolpinae
Tribe: Bromiini
Genus: Macetes
Chapuis, 1874[1]
Type species
Macetes albicans
Chapuis, 1874

Macetes is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae.[2] It is distributed in Southeast Africa, from Lake Tanganyika to the Eastern Cape province in South Africa .[3]

Species

Species include:[3]

  • Macetes albicans Chapuis, 1874[1]
  • Macetes clypeata Jacoby, 1900[4]
  • Macetes ornatipennis Jacoby, 1901
  • Macetes puberula (Marshall, 1865)[5]
  • Macetes pusilla Jacoby, 1904[6]
  • Macetes rugicollis Jacoby, 1904[6]
  • Macetes thoracica Jacoby, 1903[7]
  • Macetes variegata Jacoby, 1901

References

Wikidata ☰ Q67416831 entry