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Syagrus puncticollis

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Species of beetle

Syagrus puncticollis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Syagrus
Species: S. puncticollis
Binomial name
Syagrus puncticollis
(Harold, 1877)
Synonyms
  • Rhembastus puncticollis Harold, 1877
  • Menius concinnicollis Baly, 1878

Syagrus puncticollis is a species of leaf beetle widely distributed across sub-Saharan Africa. It was first described by the German entomologist Edgar von Harold in 1877. Host plants for the species include Erythrophleum guineense.

Distribution

Syagrus puncticollis is recorded from Guinea, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi and Mozambique.

References

  1. Harold, E. von (1877). "Coleopterorum species novae". Mitteilungen der Münchener Entomologischen Vereins. 1: 97–111.
  2. ^ Zoia, S. (2023). "Considerations on the genus Syagrus Chapuis 1874 and the taxa ascribed to it (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae)". Natural History Sciences. 10 (Supplement 1): 37–44. doi:10.4081/nhs.2023.691.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. "African Eumolpinae checklist: Dem. Rep. Congo". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved July 27, 2016.


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