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''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,
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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 {{Eumolpinae-stub