Pachnephorus moseykoi

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Pachnephorus moseykoi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Pachnephorus
Subgenus: Pachnephorus (Pachnephorus)
Species:
P. moseykoi
Binomial name
Pachnephorus moseykoi
Zoia, 2007 [1]

Pachnephorus moseykoi is a species of leaf beetle found in Senegal, [2] Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Sierra Leone, Mali, [3] Ghana, the Republic of the Congo, Sudan and Ethiopia, described by Stefano Zoia in 2007. [3] It is named after Alexey G. Moseyko, a specialist in Eumolpinae (a subfamily of Chrysomelidae). [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Zoia, S. (2007). "A revision of the Pachnephorus from the Afrotropical Region (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae)" (PDF). Fragmenta Entomologica. 39 (1): 1–156. doi: 10.4081/fe.2007.128 .
  2. "African Eumolpinae checklist: Senegal". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
  3. 1 2 "African Eumolpinae checklist: Mali". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved October 30, 2016.