| Pachnephorus torridus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Pachnephorus |
| Subgenus: | Pachnephorus (Pachnephorus) |
| Species: | P. torridus |
| Binomial name | |
| Pachnephorus torridus | |
| Synonyms [2] | |
Pachnephorus costatusAchard, 1914 [3] | |
Pachnephorus torridus is a species of leaf beetle found in 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] described by Joseph Sugar Baly in 1878. [6]