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Colasposoma fairmairei

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Colasposoma fairmairei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Colasposoma
Subgenus: Colasposoma (Colasposoma)
Species:
C. fairmairei
Binomial name
Colasposoma fairmairei
Synonyms

Dasychlorus varicolor Fairmaire, 1899

Colasposoma fairmairei is a species of leaf beetle. It is distributed in Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo[2] and Sudan.[3] It was described by Édouard Lefèvre in 1877.

Subspecies

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There are two subspecies of C. fairmairei:[4]

References

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  1. ^ Lefèvre, E. (1877). "Descriptions de Coléoptères nouveaux ou peu connus de la Famille des Eumolpides (2e partie)". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 5. 7: 309–326.
  2. ^ "African Eumolpinae checklist: Dem. Rep. Congo". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
  3. ^ 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. ^ 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.