Purpuricenus laetus | |
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A female specimen from Mtwara, Tanzania – dorsal and ventral aspects | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Cerambycidae |
Genus: | Purpuricenus |
Species: | P. laetus |
Binomial name | |
Purpuricenus laetus (Thomson, 1864) | |
Synonyms | |
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Purpuricenus laetus is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae.
Purpuricenus laetus can reach a length of about 21–27 millimetres (0.83–1.06 in)
This species is present in Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Pseudohyparpalus is a genus in the beetle family Carabidae. There are more than 20 described species in Pseudohyparpalus, found mainly in Africa.
Lasiocera is a genus in the beetle family Carabidae. There are about 14 described species in Lasiocera.
Dercylus is a genus in the beetle family Carabidae. There are more than 30 described species in Dercylus, found primarily in Mexico, Central America, and South America.
Platycorynus compressicornis is a species of beetles belonging to the Chrysomelidae family. This species can be found in tropical Africa.
Purpuricenus is a genus of beetles in the family Cerambycidae, containing the following species:
Abacetus pumilus is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily Pterostichinae. It was described by Boheman in 1848. Abacetus pumilus is a small, but distinctive, beetle with red legs and antennae, and a green tinge on its wings. Very little is known about Abacetus pumilus habitat, however it is found throughout the arid deserts and semi-arid steppes of southern Africa.
Dicolectes clavareaui is a species of leaf beetle of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, first described by Heinrich Kuntzen in 1914.
Dicolectes ornatus is a species of leaf beetle of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, described by Martin Jacoby in 1894.
Ennodius orientalis is a species of leaf beetle of East Africa and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was first described by Heinrich Kuntzen in 1912.
Uhehlia nerissidioides is a species of leaf beetle of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, described by Heinrich Kuntzen in 1912.
Uhehlia pardalis is a species of leaf beetle of East Africa and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was first described from Uhehe, a region now in Tanzania, by Julius Weise in 1906.
Platycorynus dejeani is a species of leaf beetle. It was first described by the Italian entomologist Giuseppe Bertoloni from Inhambane, Mozambique in 1849. It occurs widely in sub-Saharan Africa.
Glenea venus is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by James Thomson in 1865. It is known from Papua New Guinea, Australia and Indonesia.
Renatiella is a genus of diurnal, herbivorous beetles, which is found from East to southern Africa.
Cheiridea is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It contains only one species, Cheiridea chapuisi, found in Sierra Leone. It was first described by Joseph Sugar Baly in 1878.
Dicolectes is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is distributed in Africa.
Nerissus is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is known from Africa.
Uhehlia is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is known from Africa. It was first described by the German entomologist Julius Weise in 1906 from Uhehe, a region now in Tanzania.
Purpuricenus sanguinolentus is a species of longhorn beetle native to Sri Lanka and India and possibly in China.
Microschemus is a genus of in the beetle family Carabidae. There are more than 20 described species in Microschemus found in Africa and southern Asia.