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Macrocoma splendidula
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Genus:	Macrocoma
Species:	M. splendidula
Binomial name
	Macrocoma splendidula; (Wollaston, 1862)
Synonyms
	sensu stricto Pseudocolaspis splendidula Wollaston, 1862; franzi Macrocoma franzi franzi Palm, 1976; Macrocoma occidentalis franzi Palm, 1976; Macrocoma palmaensis franzi Palm, 1976; palmaensis Macrocoma franzi palmaensis Palm, 1977; Macrocoma franzi officiens Warchalowski, 2001; (unnecessary replacement name); Macrocoma occidentalis Palm, 1976; (nec Escalera, 1914); Macrocoma palmaensis Palm, 1977;

Macrocoma splendidula is a species of leaf beetle endemic to the Canary Islands, described by Thomas Vernon Wollaston in 1862.^[5]

Subspecies

There are three subspecies of M. splendidula:^[4]

Macrocoma splendidula franzi Palm, 1976:^[3] It is found on El Hierro, and is dedicated to Dr. Herbert Franz.
Macrocoma splendidula palmaensis Palm, 1977:^[6] It is found on La Palma. It was originally named Macrocoma occidentalis by Palm in 1976, but it was pointed out the species name was already used by Escalera in 1914 (Pseudocolaspis occidentalis, now Macrocoma henoni occidentalis), so it was renamed to M. palmaensis the following year.
Macrocoma splendidula splendidula (Wollaston, 1862):^[1] The nominotypical subspecies. It is found on Gran Canaria and Tenerife.

^ ^a ^b Wollaston, T. V. (1862). "Brief diagnostic characters of new Canarian Coleoptera". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 3. 9 (54): 437–442. doi:10.1080/00222936208681259.
^ Warchałowski, A. (2001). "A preliminary review of Western Palaearctic Macrocoma CHEVROLAT, 1837 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae)". Genus. 12 (4): 449–477. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.631.3702.
^ ^a ^b Palm, T. (1976). "Zur Kenntnis der Käferfauna der kanarischen Inseln 17-18". Insect Systematics & Evolution. 7 (2): 96–102. doi:10.1163/187631276X00180.
^ ^a ^b Zoia, S. (2017). "The Macrocoma Chapuis from the Canary Islands, with description of a new species (Coleoptera Chrysomelidae Eumolpinae)" (PDF). Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana. 149 (2): 75–92. doi:10.4081/BollettinoSEI.2017.75.
^ "African Eumolpinae checklist: Canary Is". African Eumolpinae site (Coleoptera Chrysomelidae). Retrieved August 2, 2016.
^ Palm, T. (1977). "Zur Kenntnis der Käferfauna der Kanarischen Inseln 17-18. Berichtigung". Insect Systematics & Evolution. 8 (3): 240. doi:10.1163/187631277X00350.

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