Heteraspis wittei
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Heteraspis |
| Species: | H. wittei |
| Binomial name | |
| Heteraspis wittei | |
| Synonyms | |
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Scelodonta wittei Burgeon, 1942 | |
Heteraspis wittei is a species of leaf beetle found in sub-Saharan Africa. It was first described by the Belgian entomologist Burgeon in 1942, from specimens collected by Gaston-François de Witte from the Albert National Park between 1933 and 1935.
Distribution
[edit]H. wittei is recorded from the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo,[2] Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Eritrea[3] and Ivory Coast.[4]
References
[edit]- ↑ Burgeon, L. (1942). "Chrysomelidae - S. Fam. Eumolpinae" (PDF). Exploration du Parc National Albert - Exploratie van het Nationaal Albert Park - Mission/Zending G.F. De Witte (1933-1935). 37: 3–31.
- ↑ "African Eumolpinae checklist: Dem. Rep. Congo". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Selman, B.J. (1973). "Contribution à la connaissance de la faune entomologique de la Côte-d'Ivoire (J. Decelle, 1961-1964). 49. Coleoptera Chrysomelidae Eumolpinae". Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines. 87 (2): 311–329.