Biology:Macrocoma rubripes

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Short description: Species of beetle

Macrocoma rubripes
Macrocoma rubripes (Schaufuss, 1862) male (16633879489).png
Macrocoma rubripes (Schaufuss, 1862) male (16633879489)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Macrocoma
Species:
M. rubripes
Binomial name
Macrocoma rubripes
(Schaufuss, 1862)
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Eubrachys balcanicus Apfelbeck, 1912
  • Pachnephorus aeneus Walker, 1871
  • ?Pseudocolaspis anatolica Pic, 1898
  • Pseudocolaspis diversicolor Schaufuss, 1871
  • Pseudocolaspis graeca Lefèvre, 1876
  • Pseudocolaspis rubripes Schaufuss, 1862

Macrocoma rubripes is a species of leaf beetle from Europe, Asia and possibly North Africa. It was first described by Ludwig Wilhelm Schaufuss in 1862, as a species of Pseudocolaspis.

Subspecies

There are two subspecies of M. rubripes:

  • Macrocoma rubripes rubripes: The nominotypical subspecies. It is distributed in the Balkan Peninsula, Cyprus, Turkey, Syria and the Caucasus. It has also been reported from Saudi Arabia,[3] Egypt,[4] Libya,[5] and Algeria.[6]
  • Macrocoma rubripes turkmena Lopatin, 1976: Found in Turkmenistan.

Some authors recognise a third subspecies, Macrocoma rubripes balcanica (Apfelbeck, 1912), distributed in Bulgaria and Northern Dobruja.[7]

References

  1. Warchałowski, A. (2001). "A preliminary review of Western Palaearctic Macrocoma CHEVROLAT, 1837 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae)". Genus 12 (4): 449–477. 
  2. 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. 
  3. "African Eumolpinae checklist: Saudi Arabia". chrysomelidae.it. http://www.chrysomelidae.it/afr_Eum/checklist-x-nazioni/SaudiArabia.html. 
  4. "African Eumolpinae checklist: Egypt". chrysomelidae.it. http://www.chrysomelidae.it/afr_Eum/checklist-x-nazioni/Egypt.html. 
  5. "African Eumolpinae checklist: Libya". chrysomelidae.it. http://www.chrysomelidae.it/afr_Eum/checklist-x-nazioni/Libya.html. 
  6. "African Eumolpinae checklist: Libya". chrysomelidae.it. http://www.chrysomelidae.it/afr_Eum/checklist-x-nazioni/Algeria.html. 
  7. Gruev, B.; Tomov, V. (2007). Zoocartographia Bulcanica. Volume 3. Distributional Atlas & Catalogue of the Leaf Beetles of Bulgaria: (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae).. Sofia–Moscow: Pensoft Publishers. p. 79. ISBN 978-95-46422-71-2. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1949429 entry