Macrocoma splendidula

Macrocoma splendidula is a species of leaf beetle endemic to the Canary Islands, described by Thomas Vernon Wollaston in 1862.[5]

Macrocoma splendidula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Macrocoma
Species:
M. splendidula
Binomial name
Macrocoma splendidula
(Wollaston, 1862)[1]
Synonyms[2]
s.str
franzi
  • Macrocoma franzi franzi Palm, 1976
  • Macrocoma occidentalis franzi Palm, 1976
  • Macrocoma palmaensis franzi Palm, 1976
palmaensis
  • Macrocoma franzi palmaensis Palm, 1977
  • Macrocoma franzi officiens Warchalowski, 2001
    (unnecessary replacement name)    [3]
  • Macrocoma occidentalis Palm, 1976
    (nec Escalera, 1914)    [4]
  • Macrocoma palmaensis Palm, 1977

Subspecies

There are three subspecies of M. splendidula:[2]

  • Macrocoma splendidula franzi Palm, 1976:[4] It is found on El Hierro, and is dedicated to Dr. Herbert Franz.
  • Macrocoma splendidula palmaensis Palm, 1977:[6] It is found on La Palma. It was originally named Macrocoma occidentalis by Palm in 1976, but it was pointed out the species name was already used by Escalera in 1914 (Pseudocolaspis occidentalis, now Macrocoma henoni occidentalis), so it was renamed to M. palmaensis the following year.
  • Macrocoma splendidula splendidula (Wollaston, 1862):[1] The nominotypical subspecies. It is found on Gran Canaria and Tenerife.

References
  1. Wollaston, T. V. (1862). "Brief diagnostic characters of new Canarian Coleoptera". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 3. 9 (54): 437–442. doi:10.1080/00222936208681259.
  2. Zoia, S. (2017). "The Macrocoma Chapuis from the Canary Islands, with description of a new species (Coleoptera Chrysomelidae Eumolpinae)" (PDF). Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana. 149 (2): 75–92. doi:10.4081/BollettinoSEI.2017.75.
  3. 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.
  4. Palm, T. (1976). "Zur Kenntnis der Käferfauna der kanarischen Inseln 17-18". Insect Systematics & Evolution. 7 (2): 96–102. doi:10.1163/187631276X00180.
  5. "African Eumolpinae checklist: Canary Is". African Eumolpinae site (Coleoptera Chrysomelidae). Retrieved August 2, 2016.
  6. Palm, T. (1977). "Zur Kenntnis der Käferfauna der Kanarischen Inseln 17-18. Berichtigung". Insect Systematics & Evolution. 8 (3): 240. doi:10.1163/187631277X00350.


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