| Genus | Macrocoma |
|---|---|
| Species | rubripes |
| Authority | (Schaufuss, 1862) |
| Synonyms |
Macrocoma rubripes is a species of leaf beetle from Europe, Asia and possibly North Africa. It was first described by Ludwig Wilhelm Schaufuss in 1862, as a species of Pseudocolaspis.
Subspecies
There are two subspecies of M. rubripes:
- Macrocoma rubripes rubripes: The nominotypical subspecies. It is distributed in the Balkan Peninsula, Cyprus, Turkey, Syria and the Caucasus. It has also been reported from Saudi Arabia,[1] Egypt,[2] Libya,[3] and Algeria.[4]
- Macrocoma rubripes turkmena Lopatin, 1976: Found in Turkmenistan.
Some authors recognise a third subspecies, Macrocoma rubripes balcanica (Apfelbeck, 1912), distributed in Bulgaria and Northern Dobruja.[5]
References
- ^ "African Eumolpinae checklist: Saudi Arabia". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
- ^ "African Eumolpinae checklist: Egypt". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
- ^ "African Eumolpinae checklist: Libya". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
- ^ "African Eumolpinae checklist: Libya". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
- ^ Gruev, B. & Tomov, V. (2007). Zoocartographia Bulcanica. Volume 3. Distributional Atlas & Catalogue of the Leaf Beetles of Bulgaria: (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae).. Sofia–Moscow: Pensoft Publishers. p. 79. ISBN 978-95-46422-71-2.