Phascus pallidus

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Phascus pallidus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Phascus
Species:
P. pallidus
Binomial name
Phascus pallidus
Lefèvre, 1884 [1]

Phascus pallidus is a species of leaf beetle found in Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia. [2] and Namibia.

Subspecies

There are two subspecies of P. pallidus: [3]

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References

  1. Lefèvre, E. (1884). "Melindea, Phascus, Pagria nn. genn". Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France : LXV–LXVII.
  2. "African Eumolpinae checklist: Saudi Arabia". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved July 28, 2016.
  3. Zoia, S (2019). "New data on African Eumolpinae with description of new taxa from the collections of the Natural History Museum of Erfurt (Insecta: Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)" (PDF). Vernate. 38: 305–333.