Chloropterus lefevrei is a species of leaf beetle distributed from the Caucasus via Central Asia to Western Asia.[4][3] It was first described by Edmund Reitter in 1890, who named it after Édouard Lefèvre.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Chloropterus |
| Species: | C. lefevrei
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| Chloropterus lefevrei | |
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Subspecies
editThere are two subspecies of C. lefevrei:[4]
- Chloropterus lefevrei arabicus Lopatin, 2008: Found in the United Arab Emirates.[5]
- Chloropterus lefevrei lefevrei Reitter, 1890: The nominotypical subspecies. Found in Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Oman,[6] Saudi Arabia,[7] Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b Reitter, E. (1890). "Beschreibungen neuer Coleopteren aus Europa, dem Kaukasus, Russisch-Armenien und Turkestan". Wiener Entomologische Zeitung. 9: 189–198.
- ^ a b c Reitter, E. (1897). "Dreiſsig neue Coleopteren aus russisch Asien und der Mongolei" (PDF). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift. 1897 (2): 209–228.
- ^ a b c Moseyko, A. G.; Sprecher-Uebersax, E. (2010). "Eumolpinae". In Löbl, I.; Smetana, A. (eds.). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books. pp. 619–643. ISBN 978-87-88757-84-2.
- ^ a b Lopatin, I. (2008). "Order Coleoptera, family Chrysomelidae". Arthropod Fauna of the UAE. 1: 312–324. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.527.5258.
- ^ "African Eumolpinae checklist: United Arab Emirates". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
- ^ "African Eumolpinae checklist: Oman". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved July 29, 2016.
- ^ "African Eumolpinae checklist: Saudi Arabia". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved July 28, 2016.