Biology:Colasposoma aeneoviolaceum
From HandWiki
Short description: Species of beetle
| Colasposoma aeneoviolaceum | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Colasposoma |
| Subgenus: | Colasposoma (Colasposoma) |
| Species: | C. aeneoviolaceum
|
| Binomial name | |
| Colasposoma aeneoviolaceum Burgeon, 1941[1]
| |
Colasposoma aeneoviolaceum is a species of leaf beetle of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] It was first described by the Belgian entomologist Louis Jules Léon Burgeon (nl) in 1941.
Description
Adults measure between 7 and 10 mm in length. They have a shiny bronze-coloured dorsum, while the edges of the pronotum, the underparts and the feet are violet in colour. However, one specimen from Moliro was found with a blue underside. The species generally resembles Colasposoma overlaeti.[1]
Subspecies
There are two subspecies of C. aeneoviolaceum:[1]
- Colasposoma aeneoviolaceum aeneoviolaceum Burgeon, 1941: the nominotypical subspecies
- Colasposoma aeneoviolaceum elisabethae Burgeon, 1941: Compared to the nominal form, the adults differ in their bronze colouring, have a cupreous or tanned underside, and have less abundant elytral punctuation. The subspecies was described from Élisabethville (now Lubumbashi), in the south of Katanga.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Burgeon, L. (1941). "Les Colasposoma et les Euryope du Congo Belge (Coléop. Chrysomel. Eumolp.)". Mémires de l'Institut Royal Colonial Belge 10 (5): 1–43. http://www.kaowarsom.be/documents/MEMOIRES_VERHANDELINGEN/Sciences_naturelles_medicales/Nat.Sc.(IRCB)_T.X,5_BURGEON,%20L._Les%20Colasposoma%20et%20les%20Euryope%20du%20Congo%20belge_1941.PDF.
- ↑ "African Eumolpinae checklist: Dem. Rep. Congo". chrysomelidae.it. http://www.chrysomelidae.it/afr_Eum/checklist-x-nazioni/DemRepCongo.html.
Wikidata ☰ Q26869446 entry
 |  |
