Macrolema Explained

Macrolema is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Spilopyrinae. It is found in Australia and New Guinea.^[1]

Species

• Macrolema aenescens (Bowditch, 1913)
• Macrolema albascutica Reid & Beatson, 2010^[1]
• Macrolema atripennis (Bowditch, 1913)
• Macrolema dickdaviesi Reid & Beatson, 2010^[1]
• Macrolema giya Reid & Beatson, 2010^[1]
• Macrolema karimui Reid & Beatson, 2010^[1]
• Macrolema longicornis Jacoby, 1895^[2]
• Macrolema metallica (Lea, 1922)^[3]
• Macrolema pulchra Reid & Beatson, 2010^[1]
• Macrolema quadrivittata (Jacoby, 1898)^[4]
• Macrolema submetallica (Jacoby, 1894)
• Macrolema ventralis (Lea, 1921)^[5]
• Macrolema vittata Baly, 1861

External links

• Australian Faunal Directory – Genus Macrolema Baly, 1861

Notes and References

1. Reid. C. A. M.. Beatson. M.. 2010. Revision of the Australo-Papuan genus Macrolema Baly (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Spilopyrinae), with description of a new genus. Zootaxa. 2486. 1–60. 10.11646/zootaxa.2486.1.1. free.
2. Jacoby. M.. 1895. Descriptions of new species of Phytophagous Coleoptera from the Indo- and Austro-Malayan-Regions. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung. 56. 52–80.
3. Lea. A. M.. 1922. On Australian Coleoptera. Part IV. Family Chrysomelidae. Records of the South Australian Museum. 2. 271–309.
4. Jacoby. M.. 1898. New species of phytophagous Coleoptera from Australia and the Malayan regions. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 42. 350–380.
5. Lea. A.M.. 1921. Descriptions of new species of Australian Coleoptera. Part XVII. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 46. 3. 351–369. 10.5962/bhl.part.14024 . free.