Colasposoma tibiale

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Colasposoma tibiale
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Colasposoma
Subgenus: Colasposoma (Colasposoma)
Species:
C. tibiale
Binomial name
Colasposoma tibiale
Baly, 1878 [1]

Colasposoma tibiale is a species of leaf beetle of East Africa and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [2] It was first described from Lake Nyassa by Joseph Sugar Baly in 1878.

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References

  1. Baly, J. S. (1878). "Diagnosis of a new genus and some undescribed species of African Phytophaga". The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine . 14: 177–179. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.22827.
  2. "African Eumolpinae checklist: Dem. Rep. Congo". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved November 20, 2015.