Pachnephorus metallicus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chrysomeloidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Cucujiformia Cladus: Phytophaga Superfamilia: Chrysomeloidea

Familia: Chrysomelidae
Subfamilia: Eumolpinae
Tribus: Bromiini
Genus: Pachnephorus
Subgenus: Pachnephorus (Pachnephorus)
Species: Pachnephorus metallicus

Name

Pachnephorus metallicus Bryant, 1959: 205

Holotype: MZLU. ♂. "S. Afr. Cape Prov., Cape Peninsula, Cape Point Nature Reserve, 10.XII.50, No. 79 [printed white label]; Swedish South Africa Expedition 1950-1951, Brinck-Rudebeck [printed white label; Type [printed white and red round label]; Pachnephorus metallicus Typ. Bryant, G. E. Bryant det., 1956 [handwritten and printed white label]; Zool. Mus. Lund Sweden, Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae, Type No. 2057:1-14 [handwritten and printed white label]".

Paratypes:

• "S. Afr. Cape Prov., Cape Peninsula, Cape Point Nature Reserve, 10.XII.50, No. 79, Swedish South Africa Expedition 1950-1951, Brinck-Rudebeck (5 paratypi, MZLU; 1 paratypus, MNHU)
• "S. Afr. Cape Prov., Cape Peninsula, Vlei, 3 miles NE Kommetjie, 24.X.1950 No. 14, Swedish South Africa Expedition 1950-1951, Brinck-Rudebeck (1 paratypus, MZLU)

Type locality: "Cape Prov.: Cape Peninsula, Cape Point, Nature Reserve".

References

Primary references

• Bryant, G.E. 1960 (imprint 1959). Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae I. South African Animal Life 6: 194–226. [not seen]

Additional references

• 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 . Reference page. 

Links

• Pachnephorus metallicus. African Eumolpinae site.