Macrocoma obscuripes

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chrysomeloidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Cucujiformia Cladus: Phytophaga Superfamilia: Chrysomeloidea

Familia: Chrysomelidae
Subfamilia: Eumolpinae
Tribus: Bromiini
Genus: Macrocoma
Species: Macrocoma obscuripes

Name

Macrocoma obscuripes (Wollaston, 1862)

Type locality: "in montibus excelsis Canariae Grandis, ad flores Cistorum (sc. C. monspeliensis et vagantis) capta". (Pinal de Trajana, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands)

Syntypes: NHML (11♂)

Synonymy

• Pseudocolaspis obscuripes Wollaston, 1862: 441 (original combination)
• Macrocoma obscuripes: Clavareau, 1914: 116

References

Primary references

• Clavareau, H. 1914. Pars 59: Chrysomelidae: 11. Eumolpinae. In: Junk, W. & Schenkling, S. (eds.). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Volumen XXIV. Chrysomelidae I. Berlin: W. Junk. 215 pp. BHL. Reference page. 
• 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 . BHL.

Additional references

• Moseyko, A.G. & Sprecher-Uebersax, E. 2010. Subfamily Eumolpinae Hope, 1840. Pp. 619–643. In: Löbl, I. & Smetana, A. (eds.) Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark. 924 pp. ISBN 978-87-88757-84-2. Google Books. Reference page. 
• Palm, T. 1976. Zur Kenntnis der Käferfauna der kanarischen Inseln 17-18. Entomologica Scandinavica 7(2): 96–102. DOI: 10.1163/187631276X00180 .
• Warchałowski, A. 2001. A preliminary review of Western Palaearctic Macrocoma Chevrolat, 1837 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae). Genus 12(4): 449–477. PDF Reference page. 
• Zoia, S. 2017. The Macrocoma Chapuis from the Canary Islands, with description of a new species (Coleoptera Chrysomelidae Eumolpinae). Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 149(2): 75–92. DOI: 10.4081/BollettinoSEI.2017.75 . Reference page. 

Links

• Macrocoma obscuripes. African Eumolpinae site.