Macrocoma rubripes
| Macrocoma rubripes | |
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| Macrocoma rubripes (Schaufuss, 1862) male (16633879489) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Macrocoma |
| Species: | M. rubripes
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| Binomial name | |
| Macrocoma rubripes (Schaufuss, 1862)
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| Synonyms[1][2] | |
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[edit]
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[edit]
- ^ Warchałowski, A. (2001). "A preliminary review of Western Palaearctic Macrocoma CHEVROLAT, 1837 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae)". Genus. 12 (4): 449–477. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.631.3702.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "African Eumolpinae checklist: Saudi Arabia". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
- ^ "African Eumolpinae checklist: Egypt". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
- ^ "African Eumolpinae checklist: Libya". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
- ^ "African Eumolpinae checklist: Libya". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
- ^ 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.