Macrolema

Macrolema
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Spilopyrinae
Genus:
Baly, 1861[1]
Type species
Macrolema vittata
Baly, 1861[1]
Synonyms

Macrogonus Jacoby, 1894[2]

Macrolema is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Spilopyrinae. It is found in eastern Australia and New Guinea.[3]

Species

  • Macrolema aenescens (Bowditch, 1913) – eastern New Guinea
  • Macrolema albascutica Reid & Beatson, 2010[3] – north Queensland
  • Macrolema atripennis (Bowditch, 1913) – south Queensland, north New South Wales
  • Macrolema dickdaviesi Reid & Beatson, 2010[3] – north Queensland
  • Macrolema giya Reid & Beatson, 2010[3] – central Queensland
  • Macrolema karimui Reid & Beatson, 2010[3] – central New Guinea
  • Macrolema longicornis Jacoby, 1895[4] – south Queensland, north New South Wales
  • Macrolema metallica (Lea, 1922)[5] – north Queensland
  • Macrolema pulchra Reid & Beatson, 2010[3] – north Queensland
  • Macrolema quadrivittata (Jacoby, 1898)[6] – north Queensland
  • Macrolema submetallica (Jacoby, 1894)[2] – north Queensland
  • Macrolema ventralis (Lea, 1921)[7] – north New South Wales
  • Macrolema vittata Baly, 1861[1] – south Queensland, north New South Wales

References

  1. ^ a b c Baly, J. S. (1861). "Descriptions of new genera and species of Phytophaga". The Journal of Entomology. 1: 275–302.
  2. ^ a b Jacoby, M. (1894). "Descriptions of new genera and species of phytophagous Coleoptera obtained by W. Doherty in the Malayan Archipelago". Novitates Zoologicae. 1: 267–330. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.24565.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Reid, C. A. M.; Beatson, M. (2010). "Revision of the Australo-Papuan genus Macrolema Baly (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Spilopyrinae), with description of a new genus" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2486: 1–60. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2486.1.1. (Erratum: doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2520.1.3)
  4. ^ Jacoby, M. (1895). "Descriptions of new species of Phytophagous Coleoptera from the Indo- and Austro-Malayan-Regions". Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung. 56: 52–80.
  5. ^ Lea, A. M. (1922). "On Australian Coleoptera. Part IV. Family Chrysomelidae". Records of the South Australian Museum. 2: 271–309.
  6. ^ Jacoby, M. (1898). "New species of phytophagous Coleoptera from Australia and the Malayan regions". Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 42: 350–380.
  7. ^ Lea, A.M. (1921). "Descriptions of new species of Australian Coleoptera. Part XVII". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 46 (3): 351–369. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.14024.