| Colasposoma aruwimiense | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Colasposoma |
| Subgenus: | Colasposoma (Colasposoma) |
| Species: | C. aruwimiense |
| Binomial name | |
| Colasposoma aruwimiense Gahan, 1892 | |
Colasposoma aruwimiense is a species of leaf beetles of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, described by Irish entomologist Charles Joseph Gahan in 1892. [1]
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