Macrocoma leprieuri
Species of beetle
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Macrocoma leprieuri is a species of leaf beetle from North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula to the Horn of Africa. It was first described by Édouard Lefèvre in 1876, as a species of Pachnephorus.[4]
| Macrocoma leprieuri | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Macrocoma |
| Species: | M. leprieuri |
| Binomial name | |
| Macrocoma leprieuri | |
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Subspecies
There are two subspecies of M. leprieuri:[2]
- Macrocoma leprieuri leprieuri (Lefèvre, 1876): The nominotypical subspecies. Distributed in Morocco,[5] Algeria,[6] Tunisia,[7] and the United Arab Emirates.[8] Also reported from Saudi Arabia,[9] Yemen,[10] Egypt,[11] Libya,[12] Sudan, Ethiopia and Somalia.[13] It measures between 3.6 and 4.5 mm.
- Macrocoma leprieuri majuscula Bechyné, 1957: Found in Egypt. It is larger in size than the nominal form of the species, measuring between 4.5 and 6 mm.