Coptocercus crucigerus

Coptocercus crucigerus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Cerambycidae
Genus:	Coptocercus
Species:	C. crucigerus
Binomial name
Coptocercus crucigerus (Hope, 1842)
Synonyms [1]
Stenochorus cruciger Hope, 1842 Phoracantha polita Pascoe, 1863

Coptocercus crucigerus is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae (the long-horned beetles), ^[2] first described by Frederick William Hope in 1842 as Stenochorus cruciger, ^[3] from a specimen collected in Port Essington (Darwin). ^[1] In 1929, Herbert James Carter assigned the species to the genus Coptocercus, and also synonymised it with Phoracantha politaPascoe, 1863. ^{[4] [5]}

Distribution

C. crucigerus is native to Australia, occurring in the Northern Territory, ^[1] Queensland and New South Wales. ^{[6] [7]} Wang states that it is found in the Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia, and Papua New Guinea. ^[5]

References

1. "Australian Faunal Directory" Coptocercus cruciger". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
2. "IRMNG - Coptocercus crucigerus (Hope, 1842)". www.irmng.org. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
3. Hope, F.W. (1842). "Observations on the Coleoptera of Port Essington, in Australia". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 1 (9): 423–430 [428].
4. Carter, H. J. (1929). "Revision of the Australian Phoracanthini (Cerambycidae), with notes and descriptions of new species of this group and allied genera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 54: 118–36.
5. Qiao Wang (1995). "A revision of the Australasian genus Coptocercus Hope (Coleoptera : Cerambycidae : Phoracanthini), with descriptions of twenty-one new species" (PDF). Invertebrate Systematics. 9 (3): 447. doi:10.1071/IT9950447. ISSN   1445-5226. Wikidata   Q99974581.
6. "GBIF: Coptocercus crucigerus (Hope, 1842)". gbif.org. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
7. Pascoe, F.P. (1863). "Notes on the Australian longicornia, with descriptions of sixty new species". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. Series 3. 1 (7): 526–570 [550].