Heteraspis albidovittata
| Heteraspis albidovittata | |
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| Heteraspis albidovittata, Zimbabwe | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Heteraspis |
| Species: | H. albidovittata |
| Binomial name | |
| Heteraspis albidovittata | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
Heteraspis albidovittata is a species of leaf beetle found in sub-Saharan Africa. It was first described from Damaraland by Joseph Sugar Baly in 1877.[1]
Subspecies
There are two subspecies of H. albidovittata:
- Heteraspis albidovittata albidovittata (Baly, 1877): The nominotypical subspecies. Found in Namibia, Tanzania, Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[4][5]
- Heteraspis albidovittata ruandensis (Burgeon, 1941): Found in Rwanda.[6]
References
- 1 2 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.
- ↑ Weise, J. (1909). "7. Coleoptera. 12. Chrysomelidae und Coccinellidae". In Sjöstedt, Y. (ed.). Wissenschaftliche ergebnisse der Schwedischen zoologischen expedition nach dem Kilimandjaro, dem Meru und den umgebenden Massaisteppen Deutsch-Ostafrikas 1905-1906. Band 1. Stockholm: P. Palmquists Aktiebolag. pp. 153–266.
- ↑ Ancey, C.F. (1882). "Contributions à la faune de l'Afrique orientale. Descriptions de coléoptères nouveaux". Le Naturaliste. 2: 54–55.
- ↑ "African Eumolpinae checklist: Dem. Rep. Congo". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved July 27, 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.
- ↑ Burgeon, L. (1942). "Chrysomelidae - S. Fam. Eumolpinae" (PDF). Exploration du Parc National Albert - Exploratie van het Nationaal Albert Park - Mission/Zending G.F. De Witte (1933-1935). 37: 3–31.