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Chloropterus versicolor

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Chloropterus versicolor
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Chloropterus
Species:
C. versicolor
Binomial name
Chloropterus versicolor
Synonyms[3][4]
  • Heterocnemis versicolor Morawitz, 1860
  • Chloropterus versicolor var. immaculatus Pic, 1909
  • Chloropterus versicolor var. infuscatus Sahlberg, 1913

Chloropterus versicolor is a species of beetle in the leaf beetle family, subfamily Eumolpinae. It is distributed in Ukraine, southern European Russia, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan.[4] It was first described as Heterocnemis versicolor by Ferdinand Morawitz in 1860.

References

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  1. ^ Morawitz, F. (1860). "Beschreibung einiger neuen Chrysomeliden aus der Umgegend von Sarepta". Bulletin de la Société impériale des naturalistes de Moscou. 33 (1): 298–302.
  2. ^ Morawitz, F. (1861). "Zur Kenntniss der russischen Eumolpiden". Horae Societatis Entomologicae Rossicae. 1: 159–164.
  3. ^ Moseyko, A. G.; Sprecher-Uebersax, E. (2010). "Eumolpinae". In Löbl, I.; Smetana, A. (eds.). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books. pp. 619–643. ISBN 978-87-88757-84-2.
  4. ^ a b Aslan, E. G.; Beenen, R.; Bayram, F.; Aslan, B. (2013). "Chloropterus versicolor (Morawitz) in Turkey: Indigeneity Confirmed (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". Journal of the Entomological Research Society. 15 (2): 113–116.