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Syagrus puncticollis

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Syagrus puncticollis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Syagrus
Species:
S. puncticollis
Binomial name
Syagrus puncticollis
(Harold, 1877)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Rhembastus puncticollis Harold, 1877
  • Menius concinnicollis Baly, 1878

Syagrus puncticollis is a species of leaf beetle widely distributed across sub-Saharan Africa. It was first described by the German entomologist Edgar von Harold in 1877. Host plants for the species include Erythrophleum guineense.[3]

Distribution

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Syagrus puncticollis is recorded from Guinea, Sierra Leone, Sudan,[3] Democratic Republic of the Congo,[4] Malawi and Mozambique.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Harold, E. von (1877). "Coleopterorum species novae". Mitteilungen der Münchener Entomologischen Vereins. 1: 97–111.
  2. ^ a b Zoia, S. (2023). "Considerations on the genus Syagrus Chapuis 1874 and the taxa ascribed to it (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae)". Natural History Sciences. 10 (Supplement 1): 37–44. doi:10.4081/nhs.2023.691.
  3. ^ a b 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.
  4. ^ "African Eumolpinae checklist: Dem. Rep. Congo". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved July 27, 2016.