Macrolema Explained

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

Species

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

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.