Parasemnus

{{short description|Genus of beetle}}

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| image = Parasemnus regalis - Flickr - Bennyboymothman.jpg

| regnum = Animalia

| phylum = Arthropoda

| classis = Insecta

| ordo = Coleoptera

| subordo = Polyphaga

| familia = Cerambycidae

| genus = Parasemnus

| species = P. regalis

| binomial = Parasemnus regalis

| binomial_authority = Germain, 1894

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Parasemnus is a genus of beetle in the family Cerambycidae, and contains the single species Parasemnus regalis.Bezark, Larry G. [http://plant.cdfa.ca.gov/byciddb/bycidview.asp A Photographic Catalog of the Cerambycidae of the World] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130827211041/http://plant.cdfa.ca.gov/byciddb/bycidview.asp |date=2013-08-27 }}. Retrieved on 22 May 2012. It is endemic to the central regions of Chile, and was first described in 1894 by Philbert Germain.{{cite book |author=Funda C Ao de Amparo |last2=Martins |first2=U.R. |author3=Sociedade Brasileira de Entomologia |title=Cerambycidae Sul-Americanos (Coleoptera): Taxonomia: Subfamilia Cerambycinae |publisher=Sociedade Brasileira de Entomologia |series=Cerambycidae sul-americanos |year=2009 |isbn=978-85-85729-02-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PPghAQAAMAAJ |language=pt |access-date=24 June 2019 |page=27 |quote=Distribuição geográfica A espécie-tipo, Parasemnus regalis. é a única espécie do género e ocorre nas províncias centrais do Chile (Fig. 24). Discussão GERMAIN (1894) escreveu sobre Parasemnus regalis: "Estuve bastante indeciso cuando ...}}