Macrocoma henoni

Macrocoma henoni is a species of leaf beetle from North Africa and the Middle East. It was first described by Maurice Pic in 1894, as a species of Pseudocolaspis.

Macrocoma henoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Macrocoma
Species:
M. henoni
Binomial name
Macrocoma henoni
(Pic, 1894)
Synonyms[1][2]
s.str
  • Macrocoma henoni var. reymondi Kocher, 1959
  • Macrocoma henoni var. sarroensis Kocher, 1959
  • Pseudocolaspis henoni Pic, 1894
occidentalis
  • ?Macrocoma debduensis Kocher, 1967
  • ?Pseudocolaspis cyanea Raffray, 1873
  • ?Pseudocolaspis mogadorensis Pic, 1912
  • Macrocoma henoni var. atlasica Kocher, 1959
  • Macrocoma henoni var. nigrita Kocher, 1959
  • Macrocoma henoni var. susica Kocher, 1967
  • Macrocoma henoni occidentalis var. lindbergi Kocher, 1967
  • Macrocoma henoni occidentalis var. pardoi Kocher, 1967
  • Pseudocolaspis occidentalis Escalera, 1914
  • Pseudocolaspis pici Escalera, 1914

Subspecies

There are three subspecies of M. henoni:[1]

  • Macrocoma henoni babylonica Lopatin, 1986: Found in Iraq.
  • Macrocoma henoni henoni (Pic, 1894): The nominotypical subspecies. Distributed mainly in Algeria[3] and northern Morocco.[4]
  • Macrocoma henoni occidentalis (Escalera, 1914):[5] Distributed mainly in southern Morocco.

References
  1. Warchałowski, A. (2001). "A preliminary review of Western Palaearctic Macrocoma CHEVROLAT, 1837 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae)". Genus. 12 (4): 449–477. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.631.3702.
  2. Moseyko, A. G.; Sprecher-Uebersax, E. (2010). "Eumolpinae". In Löbl, I.; Smetana, A. (eds.). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books. pp. 619–643. ISBN 978-87-88757-84-2.
  3. "African Eumolpinae checklist: Libya". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
  4. "African Eumolpinae checklist: Morocco". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
  5. Escalera, M. M. de la (1914). "Los coleópteros de Marruecos". Trabajos del Museo de Ciencias Naturales, Serie Zoológica. 11: 1–553.


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