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]
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Scientific classification 
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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
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Species
editSpecies include:[3]
- Macetes albicans Chapuis, 1874[1]
- Macetes clypeata Jacoby, 1900[4]
- Macetes ornatipennis Jacoby, 1901
- Macetes puberula (Marshall, 1865)[5]
- Macetes pusilla Jacoby, 1904[6]
- Macetes rugicollis Jacoby, 1904[6]
- Macetes thoracica Jacoby, 1903[7]
- Macetes variegata Jacoby, 1901
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ "Macetes". African Eumolpinae site. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Marshall, T. A. (1865). "Eumolpidarum Species novae". The Journal of Entomology. 2: 347–352.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.