Cyrtonus elegans

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Cyrtonus elegans
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Chrysomelinae
Genus: Cyrtonus
Species:
C. elegans
Binomial name
Cyrtonus elegans
(Germar, 1813) [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Eumolpus elegansGermar, 1813
  • Cyrtonus corruscansVuillefroy, 1868

Cyrtonus elegans is a species of leaf beetle in the subfamily Chrysomelinae found in Portugal.

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References

  1. Germar, E.F. (1813). "Neue Insekten, beschrieben vom Herausgeber". Magazin der Entomologie. 1: 114–133.
  2. Kippenberg, H. (2010). "Subfamily Chrysomelinae Latreille, 1802". In Löbl, I.; Smetana, A. (eds.). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books. pp. 390–443. ISBN   978-87-88757-84-2.