Rhembastus variabilis is a species of leaf beetle. It is distributed in South Africa, Mozambique, the Democratic Republic of the Congo,[3] Sudan, and West Africa as far as Guinea and Ivory Coast.[4] It was described by the German entomologist Edgar von Harold in 1877.

Rhembastus variabilis
Rhembastus variabilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Rhembastus
Species:
R. variabilis
Binomial name
Rhembastus variabilis
Harold, 1877[1]
Synonyms
  • Rhambastus variabilis var. madoni Pic, 1952[2]
  • Rhambastus variabilis var. paulojunctus Pic, 1952[2]
  • Rhambastus variabilis var. separatus Pic, 1952[2]
  • Rhambastus variabilis var. viridipennis Pic, 1952[2]
  • Rhembastus parvidens Harold, 1879
  • Rhembastus variabilis ab. fasciatus Weise, 1909
  • Rhembastus variabilis var. a Harold, 1877
  • Rhembastus variabilis var. b Harold, 1877
  • Rhembastus variabilis var. c Harold, 1877
  • Rhembastus variabilis var. d Harold, 1877
  • Syagrus quadrinotatus Lefèvre, 1877

References

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  1. ^ Harold, E. von (1877). "Coleopterorum species novae". Mitteilungen der Münchener Entomologischen Vereins. 1: 97–111.
  2. ^ a b c d Pic, M. (1952). "Coléoptères du globe" (PDF). L'Echange. 68 (529): 9–12.
  3. ^ "African Eumolpinae checklist: Dem. Rep. Congo". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
  4. ^ 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.