Colasposoma austerum

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Colasposoma austerum
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Euarthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Colasposoma
Subgenus: Colasposoma (Colasposoma)
Species:C. austerum
Binomial name
Colasposoma austerum
Zoia, 2012 [1]

Colasposoma austerum is a species of leaf beetle found in Socotra Island in Yemen, described by Stefano Zoia in 2012. [2] The species name, from austere, refers to the dark coloration of the dorsum. [1]

Leaf beetle family of insects

The insects of the beetle family Chrysomelidae are commonly known as leaf beetles, and include over 37,000 species in more than 2,500 genera, making up one of the largest and most commonly encountered of all beetle families. Numerous subfamilies are recognized, but only some of them are listed below. The precise taxonomy and systematics are likely to change with ongoing research.

Socotra The largest of four islands of the Socotra archipelago, Yemen

Socotra, also called Soqotra, located between the Guardafui Channel and the Arabian Sea, is the largest of four islands of the Socotra archipelago. The territory is located near major shipping routes and is officially part of Yemen, and had long been a subdivision of the Aden Governorate. In 2004, it became attached to the Hadhramaut Governorate, which is much closer to the island than Aden. In 2013, the archipelago became its own governorate, the Socotra Governorate.

Yemen Republic in Western Asia

Yemen , officially known as the Republic of Yemen, is a country at the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia. Yemen is the second-largest Arab sovereign state in the peninsula, occupying 527,970 square kilometres. The coastline stretches for about 2,000 kilometres. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the north, the Red Sea to the west, the Gulf of Aden and Guardafui Channel to the south, and the Arabian Sea and Oman to the east. Yemen's territory includes more than 200 islands.

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References

  1. 1 2 Zoia, S. (2012). "Eumolpinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) of Socotra Island" (PDF). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae . 52 (supplementum 2): 449–501.
  2. ↑ "African Eumolpinae checklist: Yemen". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved August 1, 2016.


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