Melindea pubescens

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Melindea pubescens
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Melindea
Species:
M. pubescens
Binomial name
Melindea pubescens
(Bryant, 1941) [1]
Synonyms

Mashonania pubescensBryant, 1941

Melindea pubescens is a species of leaf beetle of Senegal, observed by Bryant in 1941. [2]

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References

  1. Bryant, G. E. (1941). "New species of African Chrysomelidae (Col.)". Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London. Series B, Taxonomy. 10 (11): 209–214. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.1941.tb00681.x.
  2. "African Eumolpinae checklist: Senegal". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved October 31, 2016.