Xenispa fouquei
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| Xenispa fouquei | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Xenispa |
| Species: | X. fouquei
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| Binomial name | |
| Xenispa fouquei Sekerka, 2017
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Xenispa fouquei is a species of rolled-leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Venezuela.
Description
[edit | edit source]Adults reach a length of about 5.8–7.2 mm. They have a yellow head and pronotum, while the elytron is dark metallic blue.
Biology
[edit | edit source]Specimens were collected on bamboo.
Etymology
[edit | edit source]The species is named for René Fouquè, a friend of the author and an entomologist who was a specialist on the tenebrionid tribe Stenosini.[1]
References
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