Macetes is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae.[2] It is distributed in Southeast Africa, from Lake Tanganyika to the Eastern Cape province in South Africa.[3]

Macetes
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Eumolpinae
Tribe: Bromiini
Genus: Macetes
Chapuis, 1874[1]
Type species
Macetes albicans
Chapuis, 1874

Species

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Species include:[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Chapuis, F. (1874). "Tome dixième. Famille des phytophages". In Lacordaire, J.T.; Chapuis, F. (eds.). Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Genera des coléoptères. Vol. 10. Paris: Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret. pp. i–iv, 1–455.
  2. ^ "Macetes". African Eumolpinae site. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  3. ^ a b Zoia, S. (2001). "Endroedymolpus, a new genus with two new species from the South African Eumolpinae (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae)" (PDF). Entomologica Basiliensia. 23: 311–320.
  4. ^ Jacoby, M. (1900). "On new genera and species of Phytophagous Coleoptera from South and Central Africa". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1900: 203–266.
  5. ^ Marshall, T. A. (1865). "Eumolpidarum Species novae". The Journal of Entomology. 2: 347–352.
  6. ^ a b Jacoby, M. (1904). "Another contribution to the knowledge of African Phytophagous Coleoptera". Journal of Zoology. 74 (1): 230–270. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1904.tb08290.x.
  7. ^ Jacoby, M. (1903). "Descriptions of new genera and species of Phytophagous Coleoptera obtained by Herr Conradt in West-Africa (Cameroons)". Entomologische Zeitung. 64: 292–336.