Pachnephorus fasciatus
| Pachnephorus fasciatus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Pachnephorus |
| Species: | P. fasciatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Pachnephorus fasciatus Burgeon, 1941 | |
Pachnephorus fasciatus is a species of leaf beetle found in western, central and southern Africa.[1] It was first described by the Belgian entomologist Louis Jules Léon Burgeon in 1941.
Subspecies
There are two subspecies of P. fasciatus:[1]
- Pachnephorus fasciatus fasciatus Burgeon, 1941: The nominotypical subspecies. Distributed in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Gabon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo[2] and Angola.
- Pachnephorus fasciatus occidentalis Zoia, 2007: Distributed in Senegal,[3] Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Sierra Leone and Nigeria. The subspecies name refers to the subspecies occurring in an occidental (western) region, compared to the area the nominal subspecies is found in.
References
- ^ a b Zoia, S. (2007). "A revision of the Pachnephorus from the Afrotropical Region (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae)" (PDF). Fragmenta Entomologica. 39 (1): 1–156. doi:10.4081/fe.2007.128.
- ^ "African Eumolpinae checklist: Dem. Rep. Congo". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
- ^ "African Eumolpinae checklist: Senegal". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved October 31, 2016.