Microeurydemus africanus
| Microeurydemus africanus | |
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| Microeurydemus africanus, Botswana | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Microeurydemus |
| Species: | M. africanus
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| Binomial name | |
| Microeurydemus africanus | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Pseudosyagrus africanus Jacoby, 1900 | |
Microeurydemus africanus is a species of leaf beetle that is widely distributed in southern and eastern Africa. It was first described by Martin Jacoby in 1900, as a species of Pseudosyagrus, from "Matabeleland, near Tati" (today in northeast Botswana).[3]
Distribution
M. africanus is recorded in Botswana, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Eritrea, Sudan, Chad, Namibia, Kenya, Tanzania and South Africa.[4][3]
References
- ^ Jacoby, M. (1900). "On new genera and species of Phytophagous Coleoptera from South and Central Africa". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1900: 203–266.
- ^ Selman, B. J. (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) Entomology. 16 (3): 141–174. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.21864.
- ^ a b Zoia, S. (2022). "Distributional and nomenclatural notes on some African Eumolpinae (Insecta: Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)" (PDF). Vernate. 41: 445–450. Retrieved 18 February 2026.
- ^ Selman, B. J. (1973). "Coleoptera from North-East Africa. Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae. (Zoological contribution from the Finnish expeditions to the Sudan No. 34)". Notulae Entomologicae. 53 (4): 159–166.