Paraivongius semipiceus is a species of leaf beetle of Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[3] It was first described by Martin Jacoby in 1903.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Paraivongius |
| Species: | P. semipiceus
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| Binomial name | |
| Paraivongius semipiceus | |
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Menius semipiceus Jacoby, 1903 | |
The beetle's habitat is the cocoa plant, and it is found primarily on the plant's cocoa pods or sometimes on its leaves or shoots. It feeds on the cocoa pods, and the population of the species increases in the dry dull season (roughly August to November).[4]
References
edit- ^ Jacoby, M. (1903). "Descriptions of new genera and species of Phytophagous Coleoptera obtained by Herr Conradt in West-Africa (Cameroons)". Entomologische Zeitung. 64: 292–336.
- ^ Selman, B. J. (1965). "A revision of the Nodini and a key to the genera of Eumolpidae of Africa (Coleoptera: Eumolpidae)" (PDF). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology. 16 (3): 141–174. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.21864.
- ^ "African Eumolpinae checklist: Dem. Rep. Congo". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved December 29, 2015.
- ^ Gibbs, D. G.; Leston, Dennis (1970). "Insect Phenology in a Forest Cocoa-Farm Locality in West Africa". Journal of Applied Ecology. 7 (3): 519–548. doi:10.2307/2401976. ISSN 0021-8901. JSTOR 2401976.