Pseudocolaspis rigida

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Pseudocolaspis rigida
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Pseudocolaspis
Species:
P. rigida
Binomial name
Pseudocolaspis rigida
Baly, 1877 [1]

Pseudocolaspis rigida is a species of leaf beetle of Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, [2] Senegal, [3] and Ivory Coast, [4] described by Joseph Sugar Baly in 1877. [2]

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References

  1. Baly, J. S. (1877). "Descriptions of new species of phytophagous beetles belonging to the family Eumolpidae; and a monograph of the genus Eumolpus". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London . 1877 (1): 37–56.
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