Colasposoma aeneoviolaceum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
Family: | Chrysomelidae |
Genus: | Colasposoma |
Subgenus: | Colasposoma (Colasposoma) |
Species: | C. aeneoviolaceum
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Binomial name | |
Colasposoma aeneoviolaceum Burgeon, 1941
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Colasposoma aeneoviolaceum is a species of leaf beetle of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [2] It was first described by the Belgian entomologist Louis Jules Léon Burgeon in 1941.
Adults measure between 7 and 10 mm in length. They have a shiny bronze-coloured dorsum, while the edges of the pronotum, the underparts and the feet are violet in colour. However, one specimen from Moliro was found with a blue underside. The species generally resembles Colasposoma overlaeti. [1]
There are two subspecies of C. aeneoviolaceum: [1]
Colasposoma aeneoviolaceum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
Family: | Chrysomelidae |
Genus: | Colasposoma |
Subgenus: | Colasposoma (Colasposoma) |
Species: | C. aeneoviolaceum
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Binomial name | |
Colasposoma aeneoviolaceum Burgeon, 1941
[1]
|
Colasposoma aeneoviolaceum is a species of leaf beetle of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [2] It was first described by the Belgian entomologist Louis Jules Léon Burgeon in 1941.
Adults measure between 7 and 10 mm in length. They have a shiny bronze-coloured dorsum, while the edges of the pronotum, the underparts and the feet are violet in colour. However, one specimen from Moliro was found with a blue underside. The species generally resembles Colasposoma overlaeti. [1]
There are two subspecies of C. aeneoviolaceum: [1]