Macroplea
| Macroplea | |
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| Macroplea appendiculata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Donaciinae |
| Tribe: | Haemoniini |
| Genus: | Macroplea Samouelle, 1819 |
Macroplea is a genus of beetle of the subfamily Donaciinae in the family of leaf beetles.[1]
Description
[edit]The body color is not metallic. Their paws are longer than their crus, claw segment very long, one and a half to two times higher than the rest of the body. Outer apical angle of elytron extended into a spike.
Selected species
[edit]- Macroplea appendiculata (Panzer, 1794)
- Macroplea huaxiensis Lou & Liang, 2011
- Macroplea japana (Jacoby, 1885)
- Macroplea mutica (Fabricius, 1792)
- Macroplea pubipennis (Reuter, 1875)
- Macroplea ranina Lou & Yu, 2011
- Macroplea skomorokhovi Medvedev, 2006
References
[edit]- ↑ Gregor Kölsch; Olof Biström; Bo Vest Pedersen (2006). "Species delimitation in the leaf beetle genus Macroplea (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) based on mitochondrial DNA, and phylogeographic considerations". Insect Systematics & Evolution. 37 (4): 467–479. doi:10.1163/187631206788831443.