Macroplea

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Macroplea
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Macroplea appendiculata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Donaciinae
Tribe: Haemoniini
Genus: Macroplea
Samouelle, 1819

Macroplea is a genus of beetle of the subfamily Donaciinae in the family of leaf beetles. [1]

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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

References

  1. ↑ Gregor Kölsch; Olof Biström; Bo Vest Pedersen (2006). "Species delimitation in the leaf beetle genus Macroplea (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) based on mitochondrial DNA, and phylogeographic considerations". Insect Systematics & Evolution. 37 (4): 467–479. doi:10.1163/187631206788831443.
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