Euryope batesi
Appearance
Euryope batesi | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Chrysomelidae |
Genus: | Euryope |
Species: | E. batesi
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Binomial name | |
Euryope batesi |
Euryope batesi is a species of leaf beetle of East Africa and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] It was first described from the Nguru Mountains by Martin Jacoby in 1880.
Adults of the species are small, measuring 9 to 10 mm in length. Their bodies are red from above, while their undersides as well as their legs and antennae are entirely black.[1][3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Jacoby, M. (1880). "Descriptions of new Species of Phytophagous Coleoptera". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1880: 166–182.
- ^ "African Eumolpinae checklist: Dem. Rep. Congo". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
- ^ Burgeon, L. (1941). "Les Colasposoma et les Euryope du Congo Belge (Coléop. Chrysomel. Eumolp.)" (PDF). Mémires de l'Institut Royal Colonial Belge. 10 (5): 1–43.