Macrocoma leprieuri is a species of leaf beetle from North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula to the Horn of Africa. It was first described by Édouard Lefèvre in 1876, as a species of Pachnephorus.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Macrocoma |
| Species: | M. leprieuri
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| Macrocoma leprieuri | |
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Subspecies
editThere are two subspecies of M. leprieuri:[2]
- Macrocoma leprieuri leprieuri (Lefèvre, 1876): The nominotypical subspecies. Distributed in Morocco,[5] Algeria,[6] Tunisia,[7] and the United Arab Emirates.[8] Also reported from Saudi Arabia,[9] Yemen,[10] Egypt,[11] Libya,[12] Sudan, Ethiopia and Somalia.[13] It measures between 3.6 and 4.5 mm.
- Macrocoma leprieuri majuscula Bechyné, 1957: Found in Egypt. It is larger in size than the nominal form of the species, measuring between 4.5 and 6 mm.
References
edit- ^ Lefèvre, É. (1876). "Synopsis des Eumolpides d'Europe et confins". L'Abeille, Mémoires d'Entomologie. 14: 1–20.
- ^ a b Bechyné, J. (1957). "Notes sur quelques Chrysomeloidea paléarctiques recueillis par M.G. Fagel (Coleopterea phytophaga)" (PDF). Bulletin of the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences. 33 (31): 1–4.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "African Eumolpinae checklist: Morocco". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
- ^ "African Eumolpinae checklist: Libya". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
- ^ "African Eumolpinae checklist: Tunisia". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
- ^ "African Eumolpinae checklist: United Arab Emirates". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved July 29, 2016.
- ^ "African Eumolpinae checklist: Saudi Arabia". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved July 28, 2016.
- ^ "African Eumolpinae checklist: Yemen". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
- ^ "African Eumolpinae checklist: Egypt". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
- ^ "African Eumolpinae checklist: Libya". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
- ^ Selman, B. J. (1973). "Coleoptera from North-East Africa. Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae. (Zoological contribution from the Finnish expeditions to the Sudan No. 34)". Notulae Entomologicae. 53 (4): 159–166.