Heteraspis albidovittata
| Heteraspis albidovittata | |
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| Heteraspis albidovittata, Zimbabwe | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Heteraspis |
| Species: | H. albidovittata |
| Binomial name | |
| Heteraspis albidovittata | |
| Synonyms | |
| Scelodonta albidovittata Baly, 1877 | |
Heteraspis albidovittata is a species of leaf beetle from Namibia, Tanzania, Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda, described by Joseph Sugar Baly in 1877.[2]
Subspecies
There are two subspecies of H. albidovittata:
- Heteraspis albidovittata albidovittata (Baly, 1877): The nominotypical subspecies. Found in Namibia, Tanzania, Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[3]
- Heteraspis albidovittata ruandensis (Burgeon, 1941): Found in Rwanda.
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "African Eumolpinae checklist: Dem. Rep. Congo". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved July 27, 2016.