Melindea nigrita
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Melindea
Species:
M. nigrita
Binomial name
Melindea nigrita
(Jacoby, 1901)[1]
Synonyms[2]

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

  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. 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.
  3. 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.
  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.


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