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Phryneta semirasa

species of beetle

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 28, 2026
Entity authorityQ14812967 ↗
Source-derived summary

Phryneta semirasa is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Anton Dohrn in 1885. It is known from Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Malawi, and Zambia.

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“Phryneta semirasa” enters the record as species of beetle. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Phryneta, semirasa and species can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA practical orientation to terminology and classification, particularly when read beside dated observations, specimens or technical literature. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1885—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Phryneta, semirasa and species.
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Stable identifiers, scientific names and standards terminology offer the best bridge between this overview and specialist evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 28, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q14812967. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1885.

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This entry incorporates text from “Phryneta semirasa” 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.