Mecistes chapuisi

Mecistes chapuisi is a species of leaf beetle found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo,[2] Kenya, Tanzania and Zimbabwe.[3] It was first described by the entomologist Martin Jacoby in 1900.

Mecistes chapuisi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Mecistes
Species:
M. chapuisi
Binomial name
Mecistes chapuisi
Jacoby, 1900[1]

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. "African Eumolpinae checklist: Dem. Rep. Congo". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved November 25, 2015.
  3. Zoia, S. (2009). "A revision of the genus Mecistes (Coleoptera Chrysomelidae)" (PDF). Memorie della Società entomologica italiana. 88: 117–154. doi:10.4081/memorieSEI.2009.117.


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