Massartia minima

Massartia minima is a species of leaf beetle. It is distributed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo[3] and Sudan.[4] It was first described by the Belgian entomologist Louis Jules Léon Burgeon in 1942, from specimens collected by Gaston-François de Witte from the Albert National Park between 1933 and 1935. Host plants for the species include Combretum binderianum.[4]

Massartia minima
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Massartia
Species:
M. minima
Binomial name
Massartia minima
(Burgeon, 1942)[1]
Synonyms[2]

Rhembastus minimus Burgeon, 1942

References

  1. Burgeon, L. (1942). "Chrysomelidae - S. Fam. Eumolpinae" (PDF). Exploration du Parc National Albert - Exploratie van het Nationaal Albert Park - Mission/Zending G.F. de Witte (1933-1935). 37: 3–31.
  2. Selman, B. J. (1965). "A revision of the Nodini and a key to the genera of Eumolpidae of Africa (Coleoptera: Eumolpidae)" (PDF). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology. 16 (3): 141–174.
  3. "African Eumolpinae checklist: Dem. Rep. Congo". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved November 25, 2015.
  4. 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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