Batus barbicornis

Batus barbicornis
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Cerambycidae
Genus:	Batus
Species:	B. barbicornis
Binomial name
Batus barbicornis (Linnaeus, 1764)
Synonyms
Cerambyx barbicornisLinnaeus, 1764 Lophonocerus barbicornis(Linnaeus, 1764) Cerambyx guianusGoeze, 1777 Cerambyx speciosusVoet, 1778 (Unav.) Lophonocerus hirticornisBlanchard, 1849 Lophonocerus tuberculicollisChabrillac, 1857 Batus tuberculicollis(Chabrillac, 1857) Lophocerus barbatusChenu, 1870 Batus barbicornis itaitubensisTippmann, 1953

Batus barbicornis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. ^[1] It was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1764. ^[1]

Description

Batus barbicornis grows up to 4 centimetres in length. The species shows aposematic coloration of contrasting black and orange, with red antennae adorned with four black setal tufts. ^[2]

Distribution

This species is native to South America. It can be found in Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, ^[2] Brazil, ^[3] Suriname, French Guiana, Guyana and Bolivia. ^[4]

References

1. Bezark, Larry G. A Photographic Catalog of the Cerambycidae of the World Archived 27 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine
2. Jones, Jenny (2012). Insect Remedies and one spider. Lulu.com. p. 58. ISBN   9781904472049.
3. Lingafelter, Steven W.; Nearns, Eugenio H.; Tavakilian, Gérard L.; Monné, Miguel A. & Biondi, Michael (2 September 2014). Longhorned Woodboring Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae and Disteniidae). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. ISBN   978-1-935623-40-3. LCCN   2014005388.
4. "Batus barbicornis (von Linné, 1764)". Cerambycoidea.com. Retrieved 12 July 2020.