Biology:Scelodonta wittei

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Short description: Species of beetle

Scelodonta wittei
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Heteraspis
Species:
S. wittei
Binomial name
Scelodonta wittei
Burgeon, 1942[1]

Scelodonta wittei is a species of leaf beetle. It is distributed in the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo,[2] Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Eritrea[3] and Ivory Coast.[4] It was first described by the Belgian entomologist Louis Jules Léon Burgeon [nl] in 1942, from specimens collected by Gaston-François de Witte from the Albert National Park between 1933 and 1935.

References

  1. Burgeon, L. (1942). "Chrysomelidae - S. Fam. Eumolpinae". Exploration du Parc National Albert - Exploratie van het Nationaal Albert Park - Mission/Zending G.F. de Witte (1933-1935) 37: 3–31. http://biblio.naturalsciences.be/rbins-publications/institut-des-parcs-nationaux-du-congo/exploration-du-parc-national-albert-exploratie-van-het-nationaal-albert-park-mission-zending-g-f-de-witte-1933-1935/37-1942-mission-zending-g-f-de-witte-1933-1935-chrysomelidae-eumolpinae/irscnb_p4137_rbins18742_37_corps-de-texte-red.pdf. 
  2. "African Eumolpinae checklist: Dem. Rep. Congo". chrysomelidae.it. http://www.chrysomelidae.it/afr_Eum/checklist-x-nazioni/DemRepCongo.html. 
  3. Selman, B. J. (1973). "Coleoptera from North-East Africa. Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae. (Zoological contribution from the Finnish expeditions to the Sudan No. 34)". Notulae Entomologicae 53 (4): 159–166. http://bionames.org/references/ff43482cd46240c4944ee93163a6b26f. 
  4. Selman, B.J. (1973). "Contribution à la connaissance de la faune entomologique de la Côte-d'Ivoire (J. Decelle, 1961-1964). 49. Coleoptera Chrysomelidae Eumolpinae". Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines 87 (2): 311–329. 

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