Macrocoma henoni

Macrocoma henoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Genus:	Macrocoma
Species:	M. henoni
Binomial name
Macrocoma henoni (Pic, 1894)
Synonyms [1] [2]
sensu stricto Macrocoma henoni var. reymondiKocher, 1959 Macrocoma henoni var. sarroensisKocher, 1959 Pseudocolaspis henoni Pic, 1894 occidentalis ? Macrocoma debduensis Kocher, 1967 ?Pseudocolaspis cyaneaRaffray, 1873 ?Pseudocolaspis mogadorensis Pic, 1912 Macrocoma henoni var. atlasicaKocher, 1959 Macrocoma henoni var. nigritaKocher, 1959 Macrocoma henoni var. susicaKocher, 1967 Macrocoma henoni occidentalis var. lindbergiKocher, 1967 Macrocoma henoni occidentalis var. pardoiKocher, 1967 Pseudocolaspis occidentalisEscalera, 1914 Pseudocolaspis piciEscalera, 1914

Macrocoma henoni is a species of leaf beetle from North Africa and Iraq. It was first described by Maurice Pic in 1894, as a species of Pseudocolaspis .

Subspecies

There are three subspecies of M. henoni: ^[1]

• Macrocoma henoni babylonicaLopatin, 1986: Found in Iraq.
• Macrocoma henoni henoni(Pic, 1894): The nominotypical subspecies. Distributed mainly in Algeria ^[3] and northern Morocco. ^[4]
• Macrocoma henoni occidentalis(Escalera, 1914): ^[5] Distributed mainly in southern Morocco.

References

1. 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 .
2. 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.
3. "African Eumolpinae checklist: Libya". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
4. "African Eumolpinae checklist: Morocco". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
5. Escalera, M. M. de la (1914). "Los coleópteros de Marruecos". Trabajos del Museo de Ciencias Naturales, Serie Zoológica. 11: 1–553.