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Colaspidea oblonga

Colaspidea oblonga is a species of beetle in the family Chrysomelidae that can be found on Balearic Islands and Crete. It can also be found in such European countries as France, Germany, and the Italian islands of Corsica, Sardinia, and Sicily. Besides the central European countries, it can also be found in all states of former Yugoslavia, except for North Macedonia, and in Tunisia.

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Colaspidea oblonga
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Colaspidea
Species:
C. oblonga
Binomial name
Colaspidea oblonga
(Blanchard, 1855)
Synonyms1

Colaspidea oblonga is a species of beetle in the family Chrysomelidae that can be found on Balearic Islands and Crete. It can also be found in such European countries as France, Germany, and the Italian islands of Corsica, Sardinia, and Sicily (including the mainland). Besides the central European countries, it can also be found in all states of former Yugoslavia, except for North Macedonia,2 and in Tunisia.3

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References

  1. Zoia, S. (2017). "Synonymic note on Colaspidea oblonga (Blanchard, 1845) and Colaspidea nitida Lucas, 1846 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Eumolpinae)" (PDF). Arquivos Entomolóxicos. 17: 423–424.
  2. "Colaspidea oblonga Blanchard, 1855". Fauna Europaea. 2.6.2. August 29, 2013. Archived from the original on February 3, 2015. Retrieved February 3, 2015.
  3. "African Eumolpinae checklist: Tunisia". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved August 1, 2016.