Scelodonta albidovittata
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Scelodonta |
| Species: | S. albidovittata
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| Binomial name | |
| Scelodonta albidovittata | |
Scelodonta albidovittata is a species of leaf beetle from Namibia, Tanzania, Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda, described by Joseph Sugar Baly in 1877.[2]
Subspecies[]
There are two subspecies of S. albidovittata:
- Scelodonta albidovittata albidovittata Baly, 1877: The nominotypical subspecies. Found in Namibia, Tanzania, Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[3]
- Scelodonta albidovittata ruandensis Burgeon, 1941: Found in Rwanda.
References[]
- ^ Baly, J. S. (1877). "Descriptions of new species of phytophagous beetles belonging to the family Eumolpidae; and a monograph of the genus Eumolpus". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1877 (1): 37–56.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "African Eumolpinae checklist: Dem. Rep. Congo". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
Categories:
- Eumolpinae
- Beetles of Africa
- Beetles of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Insects of Namibia
- Insects of Rwanda
- Insects of Sudan
- Insects of Tanzania
- Beetles described in 1877
- Taxa named by Joseph Sugar Baly
- Eumolpinae stubs