# Phascus

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Phascus
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Phascus.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phascus
> Source revision: 1339112182
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

***Phascus*** is a genus of [leaf beetles](/source/Leaf_beetle) in the subfamily [Eumolpinae](/source/Eumolpinae).[3] It is known from [Africa](/source/Africa) and the [Arabian Peninsula](/source/Arabian_Peninsula).

## Species

- *[Phascus bicolor](/source/Phascus_bicolor)* [Weise](/source/Julius_Weise), 1904[4] – Kenya
- *[Phascus bredoi](/source/Phascus_bredoi)* Burgeon, 1941 – Uganda, Rwanda, DR Congo
- *[Phascus chopardi](/source/Phascus_chopardi)* ([Pic](/source/Maurice_Pic), 1950)[5] – Niger: [Aïr Mountains](/source/A%C3%AFr_Mountains)
- *[Phascus cruciatus](/source/Phascus_cruciatus)* Selman, 1972[6] – DR Congo
- *[Phascus denisoffi](/source/Phascus_denisoffi)* Selman, 1972[6] – DR Congo
- *[Phascus fulvus](/source/Phascus_fulvus)* [Lefèvre](/source/%C3%89douard_Lef%C3%A8vre), 1884[1] – Tanzania
- *[Phascus instriatus](/source/Phascus_instriatus)* ([Pic](/source/Maurice_Pic), 1949)[5] – Ethiopia
- *[Phascus lineatocollis](/source/Phascus_lineatocollis)* Burgeon, 1941 – DR Congo
- *[Phascus martini](/source/Phascus_martini)* Selman, 1972[6] – DR Congo
- *[Phascus multisulcatus](/source/Phascus_multisulcatus)* Burgeon, 1941 – DR Congo
- *[Phascus occidentalis](/source/Phascus_occidentalis)* [Weise](/source/Julius_Weise), 1912[7] – Cameroon, DR Congo
- *[Phascus pallidus](/source/Phascus_pallidus)* [Lefèvre](/source/%C3%89douard_Lef%C3%A8vre), 1884[1] – Eritrea, Saudi Arabia, Namibia, Kenya, Zambia
- *[Phascus pilosus](/source/Phascus_pilosus)* Burgeon, 1941 – DR Congo
- *[Phascus reticulaticollis](/source/Phascus_reticulaticollis)* Burgeon, 1941 – DR Congo
- *[Phascus ruandanus](/source/Phascus_ruandanus)* Burgeon, 1941 – Rwanda
- *[Phascus shoemakeri](/source/Phascus_shoemakeri)* Selman, 1972[6] – DR Congo, Congo
- *[Phascus suturalis](/source/Phascus_suturalis)* Burgeon, 1941 – DR Congo

## References

1. Lefèvre, E. (1884). ["*Melindea*, *Phascus*, *Pagria* nn. genn."](https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32550549). *[Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France](/source/Bulletin_de_la_Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9_entomologique_de_France)*

1. Moseyko, A. G. & Sprecher-Uebersax, E. (2010). ["Eumolpinae"](https://books.google.com/books?id=qt8zDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA620). *Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea*. Löbl, I. & Smetana, A. (eds.). Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books. pp. 619–643. ISBN 978-87-88757-84-2.

1. ["Phascus"](http://www.chrysomelidae.it/afr_Eum/genere_Phascus.html). *African Eumolpinae site*. Retrieved 28 July 2018.

1. Weise, J. (1904). ["Chrysomeliden und Coccinelliden aus Afrika"](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15065105). *[Archiv für Naturgeschichte](/source/Archiv_f%C3%BCr_Naturgeschichte)*. **70** (1): 35–62.

1. Zoia, S. (2019). "Nomenclature changes in African Eumolpinae with reference to type specimens preserved in the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". *[Annales de la Société Entomologique de France](/source/Annales_de_la_Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9_Entomologique_de_France)*. **55** (1): 61–86. Nouvelle Série. [Bibcode:2019AnSEF..55...61Z](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2019AnSEF..55...61Z). [doi:10.1080/00379271.2018.1556119](https://doi.org/10.1080/00379271.2018.1556119). [S2CID 155689938](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:155689938)

1. Selman, B. J. (1972). "Eumolpinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". *Exploration Parc National de la Garamba. Mission H. De Saeger*. **55**: 1–95.

1. Weise, J. (1912). ["Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Chrysomeliden"](https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13207168). *Archiv für Naturgeschichte. Abteilung A*. **78** (2): 76–98.

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Phascus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phascus) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phascus?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.