Melindea ferruginipes

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Melindea ferruginipes
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Melindea
Species:
M. ferruginipes
Binomial name
Melindea ferruginipes
(Weise, 1924) [1]
Synonyms

Mashonania ferruginipes Weise, 1924

Melindea ferruginipes is a species of leaf beetle of the Democratic Republic of the Congo [2] and Ivory Coast, [3] described by Julius Weise in 1924.

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References

  1. Weise, J. (1924). "Zoological Results of the Swedish Expedition to Central Africa 1921. Insecta. 7. Chrysomelidae und Coccinellidae" (PDF). Arkiv för Zoologi. 16 (22): 1–30.
  2. "African Eumolpinae checklist: Dem. Rep. Congo". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved November 25, 2015.
  3. Selman, B.J. (1973). "Contribution à la connaissance de la faune entomologique de la Côte-d'Ivoire (J. Decelle, 1961-1964). 49. Coleoptera Chrysomelidae Eumolpinae". Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines. 87 (2): 311–329.