''Eryxia baikiei'' is a species of
leaf beetle of
Mali and
Senegal.
It was first described by
Joseph Sugar Baly
Joseph Sugar Baly (1816 – 25 March 1890) was an English doctor and entomologist.
Born in Warwick where he would also die, Baly was a specialist in Coleoptera: Phytophaga
Phytophaga is a clade of beetles within the infraorder Cucujiformia ...
in 1865, based on an unstated number of specimens sent to him by Scottish explorer and naturalist
William Balfour Baikie, who had collected the species from the banks of the
Niger River.
References
Eumolpinae
Beetles of Africa
Taxa named by Joseph Sugar Baly
Beetles described in 1865
Insects of West Africa
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