Macrocoma apicicornis

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Macrocoma apicicornis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Macrocoma
Species:
M. apicicornis
Binomial name
Macrocoma apicicornis
(Jacoby, 1897) [1]
Synonyms
  • Pseudocolaspis apicicornis Jacoby, 1897
  • Eubrachys apicicornis var. chalcitis Weise, 1909 [2]

Macrocoma apicicornis is a species of leaf beetle found in Zimbabwe, Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [3] It was first described from Mashonaland by Martin Jacoby in 1897.

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References

  1. Jacoby, M. (1897). "Further contributions to the knowledge of the phytophagous Coleoptera of Africa, including Madagascar, Part II". Journal of Zoology . 65 (3): 527–577. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1897.tb03108.x.
  2. Weise, J. (1909). "Chrysomelidae und Coccinellidae". In Sjöstedt, Y. (ed.). Wissenschaftliche ergebnisse der Schwedischen zoologischen expedition nach dem Kilimandjaro, dem Meru und den umgebenden Massaisteppen Deutsch-Ostafrikas 1905-1906. 1. Stockholm: P. Palmquists Aktiebolag. Abt. 7, pp. 153–266, taf. 4.
  3. "African Eumolpinae checklist: Dem. Rep. Congo". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved November 20, 2015.