Macrocoma splendidula

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Macrocoma splendidula
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Macrocoma
Species:
M. splendidula
Binomial name
Macrocoma splendidula
(Wollaston, 1862) [1]
Synonyms [2]
sensu stricto
franzi
  • Macrocoma franzi franziPalm, 1976
  • Macrocoma occidentalis franziPalm, 1976
  • Macrocoma palmaensis franziPalm, 1976
palmaensis
  • Macrocoma franzi palmaensisPalm, 1977
  • Macrocoma franzi officiensWarchalowski, 2001
    (unnecessary replacement name)
    [3]
  • Macrocoma occidentalisPalm, 1976
    (nec Escalera, 1914)
    [4]
  • Macrocoma palmaensisPalm, 1977

Macrocoma splendidula is a species of leaf beetle endemic to the Canary Islands, described by Thomas Vernon Wollaston in 1862. [5]

Subspecies

There are three subspecies of M. splendidula: [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Wollaston, T. V. (1862). "Brief diagnostic characters of new Canarian Coleoptera". Annals and Magazine of Natural History . 3. 9 (54): 437–442. doi:10.1080/00222936208681259.
  2. 1 2 Zoia, S. (2017). "The Macrocoma Chapuis from the Canary Islands, with description of a new species (Coleoptera Chrysomelidae Eumolpinae)" (PDF). Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana. 149 (2): 75–92. doi: 10.4081/BollettinoSEI.2017.75 .
  3. 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 .
  4. 1 2 Palm, T. (1976). "Zur Kenntnis der Käferfauna der kanarischen Inseln 17-18". Insect Systematics & Evolution. 7 (2): 96–102. doi:10.1163/187631276X00180.
  5. "African Eumolpinae checklist: Canary Is". African Eumolpinae site (Coleoptera Chrysomelidae). Retrieved August 2, 2016.
  6. Palm, T. (1977). "Zur Kenntnis der Käferfauna der Kanarischen Inseln 17-18. Berichtigung". Insect Systematics & Evolution. 8 (3): 240. doi:10.1163/187631277X00350.