''Pachnephorus bracarumvestitus'' 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 ...

found in the

Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), also known as the DR Congo, Congo-Kinshasa, or simply the Congo (the last ambiguously also referring to the neighbouring Republic of the Congo), is a country in Central Africa. By land area, it is t ...

, described by Stefano Zoia in 2007. Its name is a compound of the

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''bracarum'' ("of trousers") and ''vestitus'' ("dressed"), referring to the wide scales covering the legs of the species.

References

Eumolpinae Beetles of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Beetles described in 2007 Endemic fauna of the Democratic Republic of the Congo {{Eumolpinae-stub