Kimongona
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Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Chrysomelidae
Name
Kimongona Bechyné, 1959a – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- =Mesocrepis Scherer, 1963 syn. n.
References
Bechyné 1959a[1]: 19; Scherer 1963[2]: 668; Biondi and D’Alessandro 2010a[3]: 409, 410.
Type species
Kimongona: Kimongona callifera Bechyné, 1959a: 19 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Mayumbe, Kimongo), by original designation. Mesocrepis: Mesocrepis lindemannae Scherer, 1963: 669 (Tanzania: Njombe), by original designation.
Distribution
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of South Africa (Mpumalanga), Rwanda, and Tanzania (Fig. 329).
Ecology
No information.
Notes
Three species are known.There are no significant diagnostic characters distinguishing Mesocrepis Scherer from Kimongona. Therefore, the following new synonymy is proposed: Kimongona Bechyné, 1959 = Mesocrepis Scherer, 1963 syn. n.Type material examined: Mesocrepis lindemannae Scherer, “Tanganjika, Uwemba b. Njombe, 2000 m, 8–11.XI.1958, leg. C. Lindemann”, paratypes 1♂ and 1♀ (NHMB).
Taxon Treatment
- Biondi, M; D’Alessandro, P; 2012: Afrotropical flea beetle genera: a key to their identification, updated catalogue and biogeographical analysis (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini) ZooKeys, 253: 1-158. doi
Other References
- ↑ Bechyné J (1959a) Observations sur les Alticides recueillis au Congo Belge par M.A. Collart (Coleoptera, Phytophaga). Bulletin de l‘Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 35: 1−36.
- ↑ Scherer G (1963) Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Alticidenfauna Afrikas (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Alticinae). Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum Georg Frey 14: 648−684.
- ↑ Biondi M, D’Alessandro P (2010a) Genus-group names of Afrotropical flea beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Alticinae): Annotated catalogue and biogeographical notes. Eur. J. Entomol. 107: 401-424.
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