Chloropterus versicolor

Chloropterus versicolor is a species of beetle in the leaf beetle family, subfamily Eumolpinae. It is distributed in Ukraine, southern European Russia, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan.[4] It was first described as Heterocnemis versicolor by Ferdinand Morawitz in 1860.

Chloropterus versicolor
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Chloropterus
Species:
C. versicolor
Binomial name
Chloropterus versicolor
Synonyms[3][4]
  • Heterocnemis versicolor Morawitz, 1860
  • Chloropterus versicolor var. immaculatus Pic, 1909
  • Chloropterus versicolor var. infuscatus Sahlberg, 1913

References
  1. Morawitz, F. (1860). "Beschreibung einiger neuen Chrysomeliden aus der Umgegend von Sarepta". Bulletin de la Société impériale des naturalistes de Moscou. 33 (1): 298–302.
  2. Morawitz, F. (1861). "Zur Kenntniss der russischen Eumolpiden". Horae Societatis Entomologicae Rossicae. 1: 159–164.
  3. Moseyko, A. G.; Sprecher-Uebersax, E. (2010). "Eumolpinae". In Löbl, I.; Smetana, A. (eds.). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books. pp. 619–643. ISBN 978-87-88757-84-2.
  4. Aslan, E. G.; Beenen, R.; Bayram, F.; Aslan, B. (2013). "Chloropterus versicolor (Morawitz) in Turkey: Indigeneity Confirmed (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". Journal of the Entomological Research Society. 15 (2): 113–116.


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