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Macetes

Macetes is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is distributed in Southeast Africa, from Lake Tanganyika to the Eastern Cape province in South Africa.

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Macetes
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Eumolpinae
Tribe: Bromiini
Genus: Macetes
Chapuis, 18741
Type species
Macetes albicans
Chapuis, 1874

Macetes is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae.2 It is distributed in Southeast Africa, from Lake Tanganyika to the Eastern Cape province in South Africa.3

Species

Species include:3

References

References

  1. Chapuis, F. (1874). "Tome dixième. Famille des phytophages". In Lacordaire, J.T.; Chapuis, F. (eds.). Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Genera des coléoptères. Vol. 10. Paris: Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret. pp. i–iv, 1–455.
  2. "Macetes". African Eumolpinae site. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  3. Zoia, S. (2001). "Endroedymolpus, a new genus with two new species from the South African Eumolpinae (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae)" (PDF). Entomologica Basiliensia. 23: 311–320.
  4. Jacoby, M. (1900). "On new genera and species of Phytophagous Coleoptera from South and Central Africa". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1900: 203–266.
  5. Marshall, T. A. (1865). "Eumolpidarum Species novae". The Journal of Entomology. 2: 347–352.
  6. Jacoby, M. (1904). "Another contribution to the knowledge of African Phytophagous Coleoptera". Journal of Zoology. 74 (1): 230–270. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1904.tb08290.x.
  7. Jacoby, M. (1903). "Descriptions of new genera and species of Phytophagous Coleoptera obtained by Herr Conradt in West-Africa (Cameroons)". Entomologische Zeitung. 64: 292–336.