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Dysphenges penrosei
Dysphenges penrosei is a species of flea beetle in the family Chrysomelidae, described by Gilbert & Riley in 2012 from the United States. It belongs to the genus Dysphenges, which was erected by Horn in 1894. The species was named in honor of the late Richard L. Penrose, a prominent California coleopterist. It is one of three new Dysphenges species described in the same publication.