Scelodonta wittei
Scelodonta wittei is a species of leaf beetle. It is distributed in the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo,[2] Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia and Eritrea.[3] 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.
| Scelodonta wittei | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Scelodonta |
| Species: | S. wittei |
| Binomial name | |
| Scelodonta wittei Burgeon, 1942[1] | |
References
- 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.
- "African Eumolpinae checklist: Dem. Rep. Congo". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
- 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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