Microeurydemus africanus

Microeurydemus africanus
Microeurydemus africanus, Botswana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Microeurydemus
Species:
M. africanus
Binomial name
Microeurydemus africanus
(Jacoby, 1900)[1]
Synonyms[2]

Pseudosyagrus africanus Jacoby, 1900

Microeurydemus africanus is a species of leaf beetle that is widely distributed in southern and eastern Africa. It was first described by Martin Jacoby in 1900, as a species of Pseudosyagrus, from "Matabeleland, near Tati" (today in northeast Botswana).[3]

Distribution

M. africanus is recorded in Botswana, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Eritrea, Sudan, Chad, Namibia, Kenya, Tanzania and South Africa.[4][3]

References

  1. ↑ Jacoby, M. (1900). "On new genera and species of Phytophagous Coleoptera from South and Central Africa". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1900: 203–266.
  2. ↑ Selman, B. J. (1965). "A revision of the Nodini and a key to the genera of Eumolpidae of Africa (Coleoptera: Eumolpidae)" (PDF). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology. 16 (3): 141–174. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.21864.
  3. 1 2 Zoia, S. (2022). "Distributional and nomenclatural notes on some African Eumolpinae (Insecta: Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)" (PDF). Vernate. 41: 445–450. Retrieved 18 February 2026.
  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.
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