Aulexis nigricollis
| Aulexis nigricollis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Aulexis |
| Species: | A. nigricollis
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| Binomial name | |
| Aulexis nigricollis Baly, 1863
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Aulexis nigricollis is a species of beetle in the leaf beetle family (Chrysomelidae), native to Borneo (Sarawak). The scientific name of the species was published in 1863 by Joseph Sugar Baly.[1]
Description
Elongate, parallel, rufo-fuscous, subnitidous, covered with long silky subdepressed fulvous hairs; thorax and upper portion of head black, sides of the former armed with three acute teeth; antennae and legs fulvous.[2]
References
- ^ Clavareau, H. (1914). "Chrysomelidae: 11. Eumolpinae". In Junk, W.; Schenkling, S. (eds.). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 59. Berlin: W. Junk. p. 74.
- ^ Baly, J. S. (1863). "An attempt at a classification of the Eumolpidae". The Journal of Entomology. 2: 143–163.