Pachnephorus fasciatus

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 <small>Burgeon, 1941</small>: The nominotypical subspecies. Distributed in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Gabon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola.
• Pachnephorus fasciatus occidentalis <small>Zoia, 2007</small>: Distributed in Senegal, 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.

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