Colasposoma brevepilosum

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

Colasposoma brevepilosum is a species of leaf beetle endemic to Socotra. [2] The species was described by Stefano Zoia in 2012. The species name refers to the short pubescence of the dorsum. [1]

Subspecies

There are three subspecies of Colasposoma brevepilosum: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 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.