Paraivongius viridiaeneus

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Paraivongius viridiaeneus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Paraivongius
Species:
P. viridiaeneus
Binomial name
Paraivongius viridiaeneus
(Jacoby, 1882) [1]
Synonyms
  • Menius viridiaeneusJacoby, 1882

Paraivongius viridiaeneus is a species of leaf beetle found in West Africa which was first described by Martin Jacoby in 1882. [1] The species was moved to Paraivongius from Menius after it and others were found to differ greatly from the type species of Menius. [2]

The species' habitat is on the cocoa plant, and it feeds primarily on mature leaves on the plant, as well as on bark and leaf petioles. Their population spikes in November-December and is moderately higher in June-July, at the times when there is the highest concentration of mature cocoa leaves. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Jacoby, M. (1882). "Descriptions of new genera and species of Phytophagous Coleoptera". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London . 1882: 50–58.
  2. Selman, BJ (1965). "A Revision of the Nodini and a Key to the Genera of Eumolpidae of Africa (Coleoptera: Eumolpidae)" (PDF). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). 16 (3): 158 via Internet Archive.
  3. Gibbs, D. G.; Leston, Dennis (1970). "Insect Phenology in a Forest Cocoa-Farm Locality in West Africa". Journal of Applied Ecology. 7 (3): 519–548. doi:10.2307/2401976. ISSN   0021-8901.