Syagrus puncticollis
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Syagrus |
| Species: | S. puncticollis
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| Syagrus puncticollis | |
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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.[3]
Distribution
Syagrus puncticollis is recorded from Guinea, Sierra Leone, Sudan,[3] Democratic Republic of the Congo,[4] Malawi and Mozambique.[2]
References
- ^ Harold, E. von (1877). "Coleopterorum species novae". Mitteilungen der Münchener Entomologischen Vereins. 1: 97–111.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ "African Eumolpinae checklist: Dem. Rep. Congo". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved July 27, 2016.