''Macrolema'' is a genus of
leaf beetle
The beetle family Chrysomelidae, commonly known as leaf beetles, includes over 37,000 (and probably at least 50,000) species in more than 2,500 genera, making it one of the largest and most commonly encountered of all beetle families. Numerous s ...
s in the subfamily
Spilopyrinae. It is found in eastern
Australia
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and
New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; , fossilized , also known as Papua or historically ) is the List of islands by area, world's second-largest island, with an area of . Located in Melanesia in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is ...
.
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Species
* ''
Macrolema aenescens''
(Bowditch, 1913) – eastern New Guinea
* ''
Macrolema albascutica''
Reid & Beatson, 2010 – north Queensland
* ''
Macrolema atripennis''
(Bowditch, 1913) – south Queensland, north New South Wales
* ''
Macrolema dickdaviesi''
Reid & Beatson, 2010 – north Queensland
* ''
Macrolema giya''
Reid & Beatson, 2010 – central Queensland
* ''
Macrolema karimui''
Reid & Beatson, 2010 – central New Guinea
* ''
Macrolema longicornis''
Jacoby, 1895 – south Queensland, north New South Wales
* ''
Macrolema metallica''
( Lea, 1922) – north Queensland
* ''
Macrolema pulchra''
Reid & Beatson, 2010 – north Queensland
* ''
Macrolema quadrivittata''
( Jacoby, 1898) – north Queensland
* ''
Macrolema submetallica''
( Jacoby, 1894) – north Queensland
* ''
Macrolema ventralis''
( Lea, 1921) – north New South Wales
* ''
Macrolema vittata''
Baly, 1861 – south Queensland, north New South Wales
References
External links
Australian Faunal Directory – Genus ''Macrolema'' Baly, 1861
Chrysomelidae genera
Beetles of Australia
Beetles of Papua New Guinea
Taxa named by Joseph Sugar Baly
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