Macroplea
Genus of beetles
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::summary Genus of beetles ::
|image = Macroplea appendiculata (Panzer, 1794) (6123895863).jpg |image_caption = Macroplea appendiculata |display_parents = 2 |taxon = Macroplea |authority = Samouelle, 1819
Macroplea is a genus of beetle of the subfamily Donaciinae in the family of leaf beetles.
Description
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
- 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
References
- (2006). "Species delimitation in the leaf beetle genus Macroplea (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) based on mitochondrial DNA, and phylogeographic considerations". Insect Systematics & Evolution.
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