Macrolema

Macrolema
Macrolema vittata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:	Spilopyrinae
Genus:	Macrolema 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. Baly, J. S. (1861). "Descriptions of new genera and species of Phytophaga". The Journal of Entomology. 1: 275–302.
2. 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. 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 .

External links

• Australian Faunal Directory – Genus Macrolema Baly, 1861