Phrynetoides regius

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Phrynetoides regius is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1886, originally under the genus Phryneta. It is known from Tanzania, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Uganda, Cameroon, and Kenya. It feeds on Theobroma cacao and Petersianthus macrocarpus.[1]

Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Suborder:Polyphaga
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Phrynetoides regius
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Cerambycidae
Genus: Phrynetoides
Species:
P. regius
Binomial name
Phrynetoides regius
(Aurivillius, 1886)
Synonyms
  • Phryneta regia Aurivillius, 1886
  • Phrynetoides quadrimaculatus Duvivier, 1891
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