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Macroplea

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Chrysomelidae

Scientific name
  
Macroplea

Higher classification
  
Leaf beetle

Order
  
Beetle

Suborder
  
Polyphaga

Subfamily
  
Donaciinae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Rank
  
Genus

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Similar
  
Macroplea appendiculata, Beetle, Leaf beetle, Macroplea mutica, Donaciinae

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

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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

    Macroplea Wikipedia