Mecistes chapuisi is a species of leaf beetle found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo,[2] Kenya, Tanzania and Zimbabwe.[3] It was first described by the entomologist Martin Jacoby in 1900.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Mecistes |
| Species: | M. chapuisi
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| Mecistes chapuisi | |
References
edit- ^ Jacoby, M. (1900). "On new genera and species of Phytophagous Coleoptera from South and Central Africa". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1900: 203–266.
- ^ "African Eumolpinae checklist: Dem. Rep. Congo". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved November 25, 2015.
- ^ Zoia, S. (2009). "A revision of the genus Mecistes (Coleoptera Chrysomelidae)" (PDF). Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana. 88: 117–154. doi:10.4081/memorieSEI.2009.117.