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Melindea nigrita

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Melindea nigrita
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Melindea
Species:
M. nigrita
Binomial name
Melindea nigrita
(Jacoby, 1901)[1]
Synonyms[3]

Melindea nigrita is a species of leaf beetle. It is distributed in Ethiopia, Kenya, the Democratic Republic of the Congo,[4] Uganda and Sudan.[5] It was described by Martin Jacoby in 1901.

References

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  1. ^ Jacoby, M. (1901). "A further contribution to our knowledge of African Phytophagous Coleoptera". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 49 (3): 209–256. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2311.1901.tb02386.x.
  2. ^ Jacoby, M. (1904). "Another contribution to the knowledge of African Phytophagous Coleoptera". Journal of Zoology. 74 (1): 230–270. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1904.tb08290.x.
  3. ^ Bryant, G. E. (1923). "Notes on synonymy in the Phytophaga (Coleoptera)". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 9. 12 (67): 130–147. doi:10.1080/00222932308632921.
  4. ^ "African Eumolpinae checklist: Dem. Rep. Congo". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved November 25, 2015.
  5. ^ 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.