| Aderus feai | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Aderidae |
| Genus: | Aderus |
| Species: | A. feai |
| Binomial name | |
| Aderus feai (Pic, 1906) | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Aderus feai is a species of beetles from the family Aderidae, the ant-like leaf beetles. [2] It occurs in Cape Verde. [2] The species was described in 1906 by Maurice Pic, who named it after zoologist Leonardo Fea.
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