Colasposoma Aeneoviolaceum Aeneoviolaceum
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''Colasposoma aeneoviolaceum'' is a species of
leaf beetle The beetle family Chrysomelidae, commonly known as leaf beetles, includes over 37,000 (and probably at least 50,000) species in more than 2,500 genera, making it one of the largest and most commonly encountered of all beetle families. Numerous s ...
of the
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. It was first described by the Belgian entomologist in 1941.


Description

Adults measure between 7 and 10 mm in length. They have a shiny bronze-coloured dorsum, while the edges of the pronotum, the underparts and the feet are violet in colour. However, one specimen from
Moliro Moliro is a community in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo beside Lake Tanganyika on the border with Zambia. It is in Tanganyika province. The Congo Free State Enclave of Moliro was founded in 1902, with its own fort and detachmen ...
was found with a blue underside. The species generally resembles '' Colasposoma overlaeti''.


Subspecies

There are two subspecies of ''C. aeneoviolaceum'': * ''Colasposoma aeneoviolaceum aeneoviolaceum'' Burgeon, 1941: the
nominotypical subspecies In biological classification, subspecies (: subspecies) is a rank below species, used for populations that live in different areas and vary in size, shape, or other physical characteristics ( morphology), but that can successfully interbreed. ...
* ''Colasposoma aeneoviolaceum elisabethae'' Burgeon, 1941: Compared to the nominal form, the adults differ in their bronze colouring, have a cupreous or tanned underside, and have less abundant elytral punctuation. The subspecies was described from Élisabethville (now
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), in the south of Katanga.


References

aeneoviolaceum Beetles of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Endemic fauna of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Beetles described in 1941 {{Eumolpinae-stub