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Eryxia cinerascens

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Species of beetle

Eryxia cinerascens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Eryxia
Species: E. cinerascens
Binomial name
Eryxia cinerascens
(Fairmaire, 1894)
Synonyms
  • Syagrus cinerascens Fairmaire, 1894

Eryxia cinerascens is a species of leaf beetle from Senegal, described by Léon Fairmaire in 1894. It was originally described as a species of the genus Syagrus. It was transferred to the genus Eryxia in 2023, based on the original description and Fairmaire's statement that the species resembles Eryxia holosericea.

References

  1. Fairmaire, L. (1894). "Coléoptères de l'Afrique intertropicale et australe. Deuxième note". Annales de la Société entomologique de Belgique. 38: 314–335.
  2. "African Eumolpinae checklist: Senegal". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
  3. 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.
Taxon identifiers
Syagrus cinerascens


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