Afroeurydemus caliginosus
| Afroeurydemus caliginosus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Afroeurydemus |
| Species: | A. caliginosus
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| Binomial name | |
| Afroeurydemus caliginosus | |
| Synonyms | |
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Syagrus caliginosus Lefèvre, 1891 | |
Afroeurydemus caliginosus is a species of leaf beetle from Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] It was first described by Édouard Lefèvre in 1891, as a species of Syagrus.
Subspecies
[edit]There are two subspecies of A. caliginosus:
- Afroeurydemus caliginosus caliginosus (Lefèvre, 1891): The nominotypical subspecies. Found in Tanzania.
- Afroeurydemus caliginosus discalis (Burgeon, 1941): Found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
References
[edit]- ^ Lefèvre, E. (1891). "Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de Clytrides et d'Eumolpides". Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 35: CCXLVIII–CCLXXIX.
- ^ "African Eumolpinae checklist: Dem. Rep. Congo". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved November 20, 2015.