Pachnephorus torridus is a species of leaf beetle that is widely distributed in sub-Saharan Africa, described by Joseph Sugar Baly in 1878.[2]
| Pachnephorus torridus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Pachnephorus |
| Subgenus: | Pachnephorus (Pachnephorus) |
| Species: | P. torridus |
| Binomial name | |
| Pachnephorus torridus | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Pachnephorus costatus Achard, 1914[3] | |
Distribution
editP. torridus is recorded from Senegal,[4] Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Sierra Leone, Mali,[5] Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Togo, Niger, Nigeria, Chad, Sudan, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Ethiopia, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo,[6] Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Namibia, Mozambique and South Africa.[2]
References
edit- ↑ Baly, J. S. (1878). "Description of New Species and Genera of Eumolpidæ" (PDF). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 14 (75): 246–265. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1878.tb01834.x.
- 1 2 3 Zoia, S. (2007). "A revision of the Pachnephorus from the Afrotropical Region (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae)". Fragmenta Entomologica. 39 (1): 1–156. doi:10.13133/2284-4880/128.
- ↑ Achard, J. (1914). "Eumolpides nouveaux d'Afrique tropicale". Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France. 1914: 227–231. doi:10.3406/bsef.1914.25559. S2CID 186388279.
- ↑ "African Eumolpinae checklist: Senegal". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
- ↑ "African Eumolpinae checklist: Mali". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved October 30, 2016.
- ↑ "African Eumolpinae checklist: Dem. Rep. Congo". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved December 19, 2015.