Colasposoma Fairmairei

Colasposoma fairmairei
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Genus:	Colasposoma
Subgenus:	Colasposoma (Colasposoma)
Species:	C. fairmairei
Binomial name
	Colasposoma fairmairei; Lefèvre, 1877
Synonyms
	Dasychlorus varicolor Fairmaire, 1899

Short description: Species of beetle

Colasposoma fairmairei is a species of leaf beetle. It is distributed in Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo^[2] and Sudan.^[3] It was described by Édouard Lefèvre in 1877.

Subspecies

There are two subspecies of C. fairmairei:^[4]

Colasposoma fairmairei fairmairei Lefèvre, 1877: The nominotypical subspecies. Distributed in Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Colasposoma fairmairei katangense Burgeon, 1941: Distributed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

References

↑ Lefèvre, E. (1877). "Descriptions de Coléoptères nouveaux ou peu connus de la Famille des Eumolpides (2e partie)". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 5 7: 309–326. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8244637.
↑ "African Eumolpinae checklist: Dem. Rep. Congo". chrysomelidae.it. http://www.chrysomelidae.it/afr_Eum/checklist-x-nazioni/DemRepCongo.html.
↑ 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. http://bionames.org/references/ff43482cd46240c4944ee93163a6b26f.
↑ Burgeon, L. (1941). "Les Colasposoma et les Euryope du Congo Belge (Coléop. Chrysomel. Eumolp.)". Mémires de l'Institut Royal Colonial Belge 10 (5): 1–43. http://www.kaowarsom.be/documents/MEMOIRES_VERHANDELINGEN/Sciences_naturelles_medicales/Nat.Sc.(IRCB)_T.X,5_BURGEON, L._Les Colasposoma et les Euryope du Congo belge_1941.PDF.

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[Lefevre1877-1] Lefèvre, E. (1877). "Descriptions de Coléoptères nouveaux ou peu connus de la Famille des Eumolpides (2e partie)". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 5 7: 309–326. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8244637.

[2] "African Eumolpinae checklist: Dem. Rep. Congo". chrysomelidae.it. http://www.chrysomelidae.it/afr_Eum/checklist-x-nazioni/DemRepCongo.html.

[Selman1973-3] 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. http://bionames.org/references/ff43482cd46240c4944ee93163a6b26f.

[Burgeon1941-4] Burgeon, L. (1941). "Les Colasposoma et les Euryope du Congo Belge (Coléop. Chrysomel. Eumolp.)". Mémires de l'Institut Royal Colonial Belge 10 (5): 1–43. http://www.kaowarsom.be/documents/MEMOIRES_VERHANDELINGEN/Sciences_naturelles_medicales/Nat.Sc.(IRCB)_T.X,5_BURGEON, L._Les Colasposoma et les Euryope du Congo belge_1941.PDF.