Rhyparida apicalis
| Rhyparida apicalis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Rhyparida |
| Species: | R. apicalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Rhyparida apicalis Jacoby, 1884
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Rhyparida apicalis is a species of beetle in the leaf beetle family (Chrysomelidae) native to Australia. The scientific name of the species was published in 1884 by Martin Jacoby, who first described it from Somerset, Queensland, a costal locality on the Cape York Peninsula.[1]: 207–208 It was later reported from other localities in Queensland as well as in the Northern Territory and Western Australia.[2]: 122–124
References
- ^ Jacoby, M. (1884). "Description of new genera and species of Phytophagous Coleoptera from the Indo-Malayan and Austro-Malayan sub-regions, contained in the Genoa Civic Museum. First Part". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. 20: 188–233.
- ^ Lea, A. M. (1915). "Notes on Australian Eumolpides (Coleoptera Chrysomelidae), with descriptions of new species". Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 39: 102–339.