Nerissus tuberculatus

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Nerissus tuberculatus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Nerissus
Species:
N. tuberculatus
Binomial name
Nerissus tuberculatus
Jacoby, 1901 [1]

Nerissus tuberculatus is a species of leaf beetle from Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [2] It was first described by Martin Jacoby in 1901.

Subspecies

There are two subspecies of N. tuberculatus:

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References

  1. Jacoby, M. (1901). "A further contribution to our knowledge of African Phytophagous Coleoptera". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London . 49 (3): 209–256. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2311.1901.tb02386.x.
  2. "African Eumolpinae checklist: Dem. Rep. Congo". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved December 2, 2015.