Phytoecia pashtunica is a species of longhorn beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Lazarev in 2019. It is known from Afghanistan.Titan.gbif.fr - Phytoecia (Parobereina) pashtunica.

Name Phytoecia (Parobereina) pashtunica Lazarev, 2019: 122Lazarev M.A. 2019. Catalogue of Afghanistan Longhorn beetles (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) with two descriptions of new Phytoecia (Parobereina Danilevsky, 2018) from Central Asia. Humanity space. International almanac Volume 8, No 2: 104-140. .

Type locality: Afghanistan, Bamian province, Waras district, 5 km SW Waras near Dahane Denawak village, , 2680 m.

Holotype: Coll. Danilevsky. female, each with 2 labels: 1) “AFGANISTAN 5 km WS Waras / Bamian prov., Waras distr. / near Dahane Denawak vill. 2680 m / / Yu.Ye. Skrylnik 25.VI.2016.”; 2) “HOLOTYPUS / Phytoecia (Parobereina) / PASHTUNICA sp.n. / M.Lazarev det. 2019”.

The species is named after the Pashtuns, the largest ethnic group in Afghanistan.

References

External links : TITAN: Cerambycidae database. : http://cerambycidae.net/. Zenodo PDF