Mecistes tarsalis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chrysomeloidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Crustacea Superclassis: Allotriocarida Classis: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Cladus: Metapterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Endopterygota Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Cucujiformia Cladus: Phytophaga Superfamilia: Chrysomeloidea

Familia: Chrysomelidae
Subfamilia: Eumolpinae
Tribus: Bromiini
Genus: Mecistes
Species: Mecistes tarsalis

Name

Mecistes tarsalis Chapuis, 1874: 323

Neotype: IRSN . "Cafrerie [handwritten white label]; Restit. 1885 [printed white label]; Neotypus Mecistes tarsalis Chapuis, 1874, S. Zoia des. 2009 [printed red label]." (designated by Zoia, 2009: 132)

Type locality: "Cafrerie".

Synonyms

Mecistes indigaceus Jacoby, 1898: 235 [syn.: Zoia, 2009: 132]
- Holotype: BMNH . "HT; Ulundi, Natal, Marshall; Jacoby Coll., 1909-28a; Mecistes indigaceus type Jac.".
- Type locality: "Ulundi, Natal".

References

Primary references

Chapuis, F. 1874. Tome dixième. Famille des phytophages. In: Lacordaire, J.T. & Chapuis, F. (eds) Histoire naturelle des insectes. Genera des coléoptères, ou exposé méthodique et critique de tous les genres proposés jusqu'ici dans cet ordre d'insectes. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. iv + 445 pp. BHL Reference page.
Jacoby, M. 1898. Additions to the knowledge of the Phytophagous Coleoptera of Africa. Part I. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1898: 212–242. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1898.tb03141.x . BHL.
Zoia, S. 2009. A revision of the genus Mecistes (Coleoptera Chrysomelidae). Memorie della Società entomologica italiana 88(1): 117–154. DOI: 10.4081/memorieSEI.2009.117 . PDF. Reference page.

Links

Mecistes tarsalis. African Eumolpinae site.

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