Melindea nigrita is a species of leaf beetle. It is distributed in Ethiopia, Kenya, the Democratic Republic of the Congo,[4] Uganda and Sudan.[5] It was described by Martin Jacoby in 1901.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Melindea |
| Species: | M. nigrita
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| Binomial name | |
| Melindea nigrita | |
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References
edit- ^ Jacoby, M. (1901). "A further contribution to our knowledge of African Phytophagous Coleoptera". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 49 (3): 209–256. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2311.1901.tb02386.x.
- ^ Jacoby, M. (1904). "Another contribution to the knowledge of African Phytophagous Coleoptera". Journal of Zoology. 74 (1): 230–270. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1904.tb08290.x.
- ^ Bryant, G. E. (1923). "Notes on synonymy in the Phytophaga (Coleoptera)". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 9. 12 (67): 130–147. doi:10.1080/00222932308632921.
- ^ "African Eumolpinae checklist: Dem. Rep. Congo". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved November 25, 2015.
- ^ Selman, B. J. (1973). "Coleoptera from North-East Africa. Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae. (Zoological contribution from the Finnish expeditions to the Sudan No. 34)". Notulae Entomologicae. 53 (4): 159–166.