| Mecistes tarsalis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Mecistes |
| Species: | M. tarsalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Mecistes tarsalis Chapuis, 1874 | |
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Mecistes indigaceus Jacoby, 1898 | |
Mecistes tarsalis is a species of leaf beetle found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Namibia (with uncertainty), Botswana and South Africa. It was first described by the Belgian entomologist Félicien Chapuis in 1874.
References
- Chapuis, F. (1874). "Tome dixième. Famille des phytophages". In Lacordaire, J.T.; Chapuis, F. (eds.). Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Genera des coléoptères. Paris: Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret. pp. i–iv, 1–455.
- 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.
- ^ Zoia, S. (2009). "A revision of the genus Mecistes (Coleoptera Chrysomelidae)" (PDF). Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana. 88: 117–154. doi:10.4081/memorieSEI.2009.117.
- "African Eumolpinae checklist: Dem. Rep. Congo". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved November 25, 2015.
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