Biology:Macrocoma leprieuri
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Short description: Species of beetle
| Macrocoma leprieuri | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Macrocoma |
| Species: | M. leprieuri
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| Binomial name | |
| Macrocoma leprieuri (Lefèvre, 1876)[1]
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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.[4]
Subspecies
There are two subspecies of M. leprieuri:[2]
- Macrocoma leprieuri leprieuri (Lefèvre, 1876): The nominotypical subspecies. Distributed in Morocco,[5] Algeria,[6] Tunisia,[7] and the United Arab Emirates.[8] Also reported from Saudi Arabia,[9] Yemen,[10] Egypt,[11] Libya,[12] Sudan, Ethiopia and Somalia.[13] 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. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47549589.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bechyné, J. (1957). "Notes sur quelques Chrysomeloidea paléarctiques recueillis par M.G. Fagel (Coleopterea phytophaga)". Bulletin of the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences 33 (31): 1–4. http://new-biblio.naturalsciences.be/rbins-publications/bulletin-of-the-royal-belgian-institute-of-natural-sciences-bulletin-de-linstitut-royal-des-sciences-naturelles-de-belgique-bulletin-van-het-koninklijk-belgisch-instituut-voor-natuurwetenschappen/vol-34-1957/irscnb_p4087_rbins17572_33_bulletin-31.pdf.
- ↑ Moseyko, A. G.; Sprecher-Uebersax, E. (2010). "Eumolpinae". Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books. pp. 619–643. ISBN 978-87-88757-84-2. https://books.google.com/books?id=qt8zDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA620.
- ↑ Warchałowski, A. (2001). "A preliminary review of Western Palaearctic Macrocoma CHEVROLAT, 1837 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae)". Genus 12 (4): 449–477.
- ↑ "African Eumolpinae checklist: Morocco". chrysomelidae.it. http://www.chrysomelidae.it/afr_Eum/checklist-x-nazioni/Morocco.html.
- ↑ "African Eumolpinae checklist: Libya". chrysomelidae.it. http://www.chrysomelidae.it/afr_Eum/checklist-x-nazioni/Algeria.html.
- ↑ "African Eumolpinae checklist: Tunisia". chrysomelidae.it. http://www.chrysomelidae.it/afr_Eum/checklist-x-nazioni/Tunisia.html.
- ↑ "African Eumolpinae checklist: United Arab Emirates". chrysomelidae.it. http://www.chrysomelidae.it/afr_Eum/checklist-x-nazioni/UniArabEmirates.html.
- ↑ "African Eumolpinae checklist: Saudi Arabia". chrysomelidae.it. http://www.chrysomelidae.it/afr_Eum/checklist-x-nazioni/SaudiArabia.html.
- ↑ "African Eumolpinae checklist: Yemen". chrysomelidae.it. http://www.chrysomelidae.it/afr_Eum/checklist-x-nazioni/Yemen.html.
- ↑ "African Eumolpinae checklist: Egypt". chrysomelidae.it. http://www.chrysomelidae.it/afr_Eum/checklist-x-nazioni/Egypt.html.
- ↑ "African Eumolpinae checklist: Libya". chrysomelidae.it. http://www.chrysomelidae.it/afr_Eum/checklist-x-nazioni/Libya.html.
- ↑ 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. http://bionames.org/references/ff43482cd46240c4944ee93163a6b26f.
Wikidata ☰ Q2580282 entry
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