Batocera maculata

Batocera maculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Cerambycidae
Genus:	Batocera
Species:	B. maculata
Binomial name
Batocera maculata (Schönherr, 1817)
Synonyms
Lamia tigrisVoet, 1778 (nomen nudum) Batocera tigris(Voet, 1778) Batocera hectorThomson, 1858 Batocera helenaJ. Thomson, 1865 Batocera attilaPascoe, 1866 Batocera borneensisSchwarzer, 1929 Batocera baluanaKriesche, 1940 Batocera menelausBreuning, 1948 Batocera odysseusGilmour & Dibb, 1948

Batocera maculata is a species of flat-faced longhorn beetle in the subfamily Lamiinae of the family Cerambycidae. ^{[1] [2]} While originally named as "Lamia tigris" by Voet in 1778, no name was validly published for this species until 1817; Voet's 1778 work fails to fulfill the requirement in ICZN Article 11.4 that a work must be consistently binomial, and all names within that work are unavailable. ^[3]

Description

Batocera maculata is a large long-horn beetle reaching 55–70 millimetres (2.2–2.8 in) of length. The body color is quite variable, but usually it is greyish or whitish with dark brown markings. Adults of this widespread species can be seen from April to August. ^[4]

Distribution

This species is present in Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra, Java and Borneo.

References

1. Titanbase: Batocera maculata
2. World Cerambycidae Catalog: Batocera maculata
3. Krell, F-T. (2012) On nomenclature and synonymy of Trichius rosaceus, T. gallicus, and T. zonatus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Trichiini). Zootaxa 3278: 61–68.
4. "Beetles - Longhorns Batocera tigris". www.searchlifeforms.com.