Biology:Mecistes tarsalis
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Short description: Species of beetle
| Mecistes tarsalis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Mecistes |
| Species: | M. tarsalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Mecistes tarsalis Chapuis, 1874[1]
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| Synonyms[3] | |
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Mecistes indigaceus Jacoby, 1898[2] | |
Mecistes tarsalis is a species of leaf beetle found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo,[4] Namibia (with uncertainty), Botswana and South Africa .[3] It was first described by the Belgian entomologist Félicien Chapuis in 1874.
References
- ↑ Chapuis, F. (1874). "Tome dixième. Famille des phytophages". Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Genera des coléoptères. Paris: Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret. pp. i–iv, 1–455. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9655043.
- ↑ Jacoby, M. (1898). "Additions to the knowledge of the Phytophagous Coleoptera of Africa. Part I". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1898: 212–242. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30952543.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Zoia, S. (2009). "A revision of the genus Mecistes (Coleoptera Chrysomelidae)". Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana 88: 117–154. doi:10.4081/memorieSEI.2009.117. http://www.chrysomelidae.it/Chrysomelidae/pubblicazioni-pdf-scaricabili/63-Zoia2009.pdf.
- ↑ "African Eumolpinae checklist: Dem. Rep. Congo". chrysomelidae.it. http://www.chrysomelidae.it/afr_Eum/checklist-x-nazioni/DemRepCongo.html.
Wikidata ☰ Q22285804 entry
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