Pseudocolaspis chrysites

Pseudocolaspis chrysites
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Genus:	Pseudocolaspis
Species:	P. chrysites
Binomial name
	Pseudocolaspis chrysites; Gerstaecker, 1871
Synonyms
	Pseudocolaspis chrysites mosambica Kolbe, 1897; Pseudocolaspis chrysites mosambica var. aurichalcea Kolbe, 1897; Pseudocolaspis chrysites mosambica var. cuprea Kolbe, 1897; Pseudocolaspis chrysites mosambica var. obscura Kolbe, 1897; Pseudocolaspis chrysites mosambica var. violacea Kolbe, 1897; Pseudocolaspis chrysites ab. kolbei Clavareau, 1914;

Pseudocolaspis chrysites (or Macrocoma chrysites) is a species of leaf beetle from East Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. It was first described by the German entomologist Carl Eduard Adolph Gerstaecker in 1871. The species is sometimes included within the genus Macrocoma, for example in the Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera.^[1]

Distribution[]

P. chrysites is reported from the Democratic Republic of the Congo,^[2] Yemen,^[3] Ethiopia, Tanzania and Mozambique.^[4] Reports of the species from the Arabian Peninsula are probably erroneous.^[5]

References[]

^ 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.
^ "African Eumolpinae checklist: Dem. Rep. Congo". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
^ "African Eumolpinae checklist: Yemen". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
^ 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.
^ Warchałowski, A. (2001). "A preliminary review of Western Palaearctic Macrocoma CHEVROLAT, 1837 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae)". Genus. 12 (4): 449–477. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.631.3702.

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[1] 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.

[2] "African Eumolpinae checklist: Dem. Rep. Congo". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved July 26, 2016.

[3] "African Eumolpinae checklist: Yemen". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved August 1, 2016.

[Selman1973-4] 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.

[5] Warchałowski, A. (2001). "A preliminary review of Western Palaearctic Macrocoma CHEVROLAT, 1837 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae)". Genus. 12 (4): 449–477. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.631.3702.

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