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Mecistes Grobbelaarae
''Mecistes'' is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is distributed in central and eastern Africa, from the Uélé Province, Uele region and Kenya to Namibia, Botswana and the Eastern provinces of the Republic of South Africa, and in Saudi Arabia. It closely resembles the Oriental realm, Oriental genus ''Apolepis''. Species Species include: * ''Mecistes audisioi'' Zoia, 2009 – South Africa: Transvaal (province), Transvaal * ''Mecistes chapuisi'' Martin Jacoby, Jacoby, 1900 – DR Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe * ''Mecistes flavipes'' (Carl Eduard Adolph Gerstaecker, Gerstaecker, 1855) – Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana * ''Mecistes grobbelaarae'' Zoia, 2009 – South Africa: Transvaal * ''Mecistes lineatus'' (Maurice Pic, Pic, 1921) – central and northern Tanzania * ''Mecistes seriatus'' Édouard Lefèvre, Lefèvre, 1885 – Saudi Arabia, Mozambique, Eswatini, South Africa * ''Mecistes tarsalis'' Félicien Chapuis, Chapuis, 1874 – DR Congo, Namibia (?), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Félicien Chapuis
Félicien Chapuis (29 April 1824 – 30 September 1879) was a Belgium, Belgian Physician, doctor and entomologist. He specialised in Coleoptera and finished the text of ''Genera des coléoptères'' by Jean Théodore Lacordaire, Théodore Lacordaire (1801—1870) when Lacordaire died. Chapuis was born in Verviers, the son of a doctor. He studied medicine in Bonn and at the University of Liège. He received a science degree in 1848 and a medical degree from Paris in 1852. He practiced medicine in his home town. He was interested in entomology and along with Ernest Candèze he worked with Théodore Lacordaire on the study of beetle larvae. He wrote: *186''Monographie des platypides'' H. Dessain, Liège. *1874. ''Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Genera des Coléoptères''. Tome 10. Libraire Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris, 455 pp., pls. 111–124. (Phytophages) *1875''Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Genera des Coléoptères''. Tome 11 Libraire Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris, 420 pp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |