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Colasposoma aeneoviolaceum

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Colasposoma aeneoviolaceum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Colasposoma
Subgenus: Colasposoma (Colasposoma)
Species:
C. aeneoviolaceum
Binomial name
Colasposoma aeneoviolaceum
Burgeon, 1941[1]

Colasposoma aeneoviolaceum is a species of leaf beetle of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] It was first described by the Belgian entomologist Louis Jules Léon Burgeon [nl] in 1941.

Description

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Adults measure between 7 and 10 mm in length. They have a shiny bronze-coloured dorsum, while the edges of the pronotum, the underparts and the feet are violet in colour. However, one specimen from Moliro was found with a blue underside. The species generally resembles Colasposoma overlaeti.[1]

Subspecies

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There are two subspecies of C. aeneoviolaceum:[1]

  • Colasposoma aeneoviolaceum aeneoviolaceum Burgeon, 1941: the nominotypical subspecies
  • Colasposoma aeneoviolaceum elisabethae Burgeon, 1941: Compared to the nominal form, the adults differ in their bronze colouring, have a cupreous or tanned underside, and have less abundant elytral punctuation. The subspecies was described from Élisabethville (now Lubumbashi), in the south of Katanga.

References

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  1. ^ a b c Burgeon, L. (1941). "Les Colasposoma et les Euryope du Congo Belge (Coléop. Chrysomel. Eumolp.)" (PDF). Mémires de l'Institut Royal Colonial Belge. 10 (5): 1–43.
  2. ^ "African Eumolpinae checklist: Dem. Rep. Congo". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved November 20, 2015.