Paraivongius bicolor is a species of leaf beetle of Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[3] It was first described from Landana by Édouard Lefèvre in 1885.

Paraivongius bicolor
Paraivongius bicolor
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Paraivongius
Species:
P. bicolor
Binomial name
Paraivongius bicolor
(Lefèvre, 1885)[1]
Synonyms[2]
s.str
arussinus
  • Rhembastus bicolor var. arussinus Gestro, 1895

Subspecies

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There are two subspecies of P. bicolor:

  • Paraivongius bicolor arussinus (Gestro, 1895)[4]
  • Paraivongius bicolor bicolor (Lefèvre, 1885)

References

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  1. ^ Lefèvre, É. (1885). "Eumolpidarum hucusque cognitarum catalogus, sectionum conspectu systematico, generum sicut et specierum nonnullarum novarum descriptionibus adjunctis". Mémoires de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège. 2. 11 (16): 1–172.
  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. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.21864.
  3. ^ "African Eumolpinae checklist: Dem. Rep. Congo". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
  4. ^ Gestro, R. (1895). "Esplorazione del Giuba e dei suoi affluenti compiuta dal Cap. V. Bottego durante gli anni 1892-93 sotto gli auspicii della Società Geografica Italiana. Risultati Zoologici. XVI. Coleotteri". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. 2. 15: 247–478.