Macetes Explained

Macetes is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae.^[1] It is distributed in Southeast Africa, from Lake Tanganyika to the Eastern Cape province in South Africa.^[2]

Species

Species include:^[2]

• Macetes albicans Chapuis, 1874
• Macetes clypeata Jacoby, 1900^[3]
• Macetes ornatipennis Jacoby, 1901
• Macetes puberula (Marshall, 1865)^[4]
• Macetes pusilla Jacoby, 1904^[5]
• Macetes rugicollis Jacoby, 1904^[5]
• Macetes thoracica Jacoby, 1903^[6]
• Macetes variegata Jacoby, 1901

Notes and References

1. Web site: Macetes. African Eumolpinae site. 13 September 2019.
2. Zoia. S.. 2001. Endroedymolpus, a new genus with two new species from the South African Eumolpinae (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae). Entomologica Basiliensia. 23. 311–320.
3. M.. Jacoby. 1900. On new genera and species of Phytophagous Coleoptera from South and Central Africa. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1900. 203–266.
4. Marshall. T. A.. 1865. Eumolpidarum Species novae. The Journal of Entomology. 2. 347–352.
5. M.. Jacoby. 1904. Another contribution to the knowledge of African Phytophagous Coleoptera. Journal of Zoology. 74. 1. 230–270. 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1904.tb08290.x.
6. 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.