Macroplea

Macroplea is a genus of beetle of the subfamily Donaciinae in the family of leaf beetles.^[1]

Macroplea
Macroplea appendiculata (Panzer, 1794)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:	Donaciinae
Genus:	Macroplea Samouelle, 1819

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.

Selected species

• Macroplea appendiculata (Panzer, 1794)
• Macroplea japana (Jacoby, 1885)
• Macroplea mutica (Fabricius, 1792)
• Macroplea pubipennis (Reuter, 1875)
• Macroplea skomorokhovi Medvedev, 2006