Chirodica chalcoptera Germar 1834
Elytra pitch brown - blueish green metallic, apices reddish brown; length 3,7-4,6 mm
Original description & illustration in:
Germar. 1834. Revue entomologique 2.
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12255239#page/334/mode/1up
This species is from the Cape of Good Hope; it is red, slightly punctured above, not hairy. The eyes are black; the elytra are green bluish with a metallic reflection, their edge and their apex are brick red.
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12255239#page/335/mode/1up
Key in:
Scherer, G. 1983. Review of the Genus Chirodica Germar. Ent. Arb. Mus. Frey 31/32, 1983 173
https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Entomologische-Arbeiten-Museum-Frey_31-32_0173-0175.pdf
Ecology:
This genus is strictly associated with Proteaceae.
iNat observation:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/221635800
Comentarios
Biondi M (1998b) Revision of the genus Chirodica Germar with description of five new species (Coleoptera Chrysomelidae). In: Biondi M, Daccordi M, Furth DG (eds), Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on the Chrysomelidae. Proceedings of XX I.C.E. Firenze, 1996. Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino, 17−48.
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