Euryope batesi

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Euryope batesi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Euryope
Species:
E. batesi
Binomial name
Euryope batesi
Jacoby, 1880 [1]

Euryope batesi is a species of leaf beetle of East Africa and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [2] It was first described from the Nguru Mountains by Martin Jacoby in 1880.

Adults of the species are small, measuring 9 to 10 mm in length. Their bodies are red from above, while their undersides as well as their legs and antennae are entirely black. [1] [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Jacoby, M. (1880). "Descriptions of new Species of Phytophagous Coleoptera". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London . 1880: 166–182.
  2. ↑ "African Eumolpinae checklist: Dem. Rep. Congo". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
  3. ↑ Burgeon, L. (1941). "Les Colasposoma et les Euryope du Congo Belge (Coléop. Chrysomel. Eumolp.)" (PDF). Mémires de l'Institut Royal Colonial Belge. 10 (5): 1–43.
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