Syagrus morio is a species of leaf beetle distributed from eastern to central and southern Africa. It was first described from Port Natal by Edgar von Harold in 1877.
| Syagrus morio | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Syagrus |
| Species: | S. morio
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| Binomial name | |
| Syagrus morio | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Syagrus puncticollis Lefèvre, 1877 | |
Distribution
editSyagrus morio is recorded from Ethiopia, DR Congo,[3] Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Botswana, and South Africa.[2]
References
edit- ^ Harold, E. von (1877). "Coleopterorum species novae". Mitteilungen der Münchener Entomologischen Vereins. 1: 97–111.
- ^ a b Zoia, S. (2023). "Considerations on the genus Syagrus Chapuis 1874 and the taxa ascribed to it (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae)". Natural History Sciences. 10 (Supplement 1): 37–44. doi:10.4081/nhs.2023.691.
- ^ "African Eumolpinae checklist: Dem. Rep. Congo". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved July 27, 2016.