Macroplea

Macroplea
	Macroplea appendiculata (Panzer, 1794)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:	Donaciinae
Genus:	Macroplea; Samouelle, 1819

Macroplea is a genus of beetle of the subfamily Donaciinae in the family of leaf beetles.[1]

Description

The body color is not metallic. Their paws are longer than their crus, claw segment very long, one and a half to two times higher than the rest of the body. Outer apical angle of elytron extended into a spike.

Species

Certain types:

Macroplea appendiculata (Panzer, 1794)
Macroplea japana (Jacoby, 1885)
Macroplea mutica (Fabricius, 1792)
Macroplea pubipennis (Reuter, 1875)
Macroplea skomorokhovi (Medvedev, 2006)

References

Gregor Kölsch; Olof Biström; Bo Vest Pedersen (2006). "Species delimitation in the leaf beetle genus Macroplea (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) based on mitochondrial DNA, and phylogeographic considerations". Insect Systematics & Evolution. 37 (4): 467–479. doi:10.1163/187631206788831443.

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[1] Gregor Kölsch; Olof Biström; Bo Vest Pedersen (2006). "Species delimitation in the leaf beetle genus Macroplea (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) based on mitochondrial DNA, and phylogeographic considerations". Insect Systematics & Evolution. 37 (4): 467–479. doi:10.1163/187631206788831443.