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Parmena balteus

species of beetle

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionAug 17, 2025
Entity authorityQ2419664 ↗
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Parmena balteus is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1767, originally under the genus Cerambyx. It is known from Switzerland, France, Italy, and possibly Belgium.

Varietas

Parmena balteus var. gauthieri Stösklein, 1940

Parmena balteus var.

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This entry incorporates text from “Parmena balteus” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.