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Mecistes tarsalis

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Mecistes tarsalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Mecistes
Species:
M. tarsalis
Binomial name
Mecistes tarsalis
Synonyms[3]

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

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  1. ^ Chapuis, F. (1874). "Tome dixième. Famille des phytophages". In Lacordaire, J.T.; Chapuis, F. (eds.). Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Genera des coléoptères. Paris: Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret. pp. i–iv, 1–455.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b Zoia, S. (2009). "A revision of the genus Mecistes (Coleoptera Chrysomelidae)" (PDF). Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana. 88: 117–154. doi:10.4081/memorieSEI.2009.117.
  4. ^ "African Eumolpinae checklist: Dem. Rep. Congo". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved November 25, 2015.