Colasposoma fairmairei explained

Colasposoma fairmairei is a species of leaf beetle. It is distributed in Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo^[1] and Sudan.^[2] It was described by Édouard Lefèvre in 1877.

Subspecies

There are two subspecies of C. fairmairei:^[3]

• Colasposoma fairmairei fairmairei Lefèvre, 1877: The nominotypical subspecies. Distributed in Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
• Colasposoma fairmairei katangense Burgeon, 1941: Distributed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Notes and References

1. Web site: African Eumolpinae checklist: Dem. Rep. Congo. chrysomelidae.it. November 20, 2015.
2. 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.
3. Burgeon. L.. 1941. Les Colasposoma et les Euryope du Congo Belge (Coléop. Chrysomel. Eumolp.). Mémires de l'Institut Royal Colonial Belge. 10. 5. 1–43.