''Pachnephorus fasciatus'' is a species of
leaf beetle found in western, central and southern Africa.
It was first described by the Belgian entomologist in 1941.
Subspecies
There are two subspecies of ''P. fasciatus'':
* ''Pachnephorus fasciatus fasciatus''
Burgeon, 1941: The
nominotypical subspecies. Distributed in
Cameroon,
Central African Republic,
Gabon, the
Democratic Republic of the Congo and
Angola.
* ''Pachnephorus fasciatus occidentalis''
Zoia, 2007: Distributed in
Senegal,
Gambia
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,
Guinea Bissau
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,
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
Eumolpinae
Beetles of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Insects of Cameroon
Insects of the Central African Republic
Insects of Gabon
Insects of Angola
Insects of West Africa
Beetles described in 1941
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