Cymatura nigra

Cymatura nigra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Family:	Cerambycidae
Genus:	Cymatura
Species:	C. nigra
Binomial name
	Cymatura nigra; Franz, 1954

Last updated July 08, 2019

Cymatura nigra is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Franz in 1954. It is known from Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, and Uganda.^[1]

Beetles are a group of insects that form the order Coleoptera, in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 species, is the largest of all orders, constituting almost 40% of described insects and 25% of all known animal life-forms; new species are discovered frequently. The largest of all families, the Curculionidae (weevils) with some 80,000 member species, belongs to this order. Found in almost every habitat except the sea and the polar regions, they interact with their ecosystems in several ways: beetles often feed on plants and fungi, break down animal and plant debris, and eat other invertebrates. Some species are serious agricultural pests, such as the Colorado potato beetle, while others such as Coccinellidae eat aphids, scale insects, thrips, and other plant-sucking insects that damage crops.

Tanzania officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands at the Indian Ocean to the east; Mozambique and Malawi to the south; Zambia to the southwest; and Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west. Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest mountain, is in north-eastern Tanzania.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo, also known as DR Congo, the DRC, DROC, Congo-Kinshasa, East Congo, or simply the Congo, is a country located in Central Africa. It is sometimes anachronistically referred to by its former name of Zaire, which was its official name between 1971 and 1997. It is, by area, the largest country in Sub-Saharan Africa, the second largest in all of Africa, and the 11th-largest in the world. With a population of over 78 million, the Democratic Republic of the Congo is the most populous officially Francophone country, the fourth-most-populous country in Africa, and the 16th-most-populous country in the world. Eastern DR Congo has been the scene of ongoing military conflict in Kivu, since 2015.

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Cymatura albomaculata is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Stephan von Breuning in 1950. It is known from Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, South Africa, Zimbabwe, and possibly Malawi.

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Cymatura itzingeri is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Stephan von Breuning in 1935. It is known from Tanzania and Malawi.

Cymatura nyassica is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Stephan von Breuning in 1935. It is known from Tanzania, Malawi, and Zimbabwe.

Cymatura bifasciata is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Carl Eduard Adolph Gerstaecker in 1855. It is known from South Africa, Mozambique, Zambia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Swaziland, Malawi, and Zimbabwe. It feeds on Acacia decurrens.

Cymatura fasciata is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville in 1849. It has a wide distribution in Africa.

Cymatura mabokensis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Stephan von Breuning and Pierre Téocchi in 1973. It is known from the Central African Republic.

Cymatura mechowi is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Quednfeldt in 1882. It is known from Tanzania, Malawi, Angola, and Mozambique.

Cymatura spumans is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville in 1847, originally under the genus Xylorhiza. It has a wide distribution in Africa.

Cymatura tarsalis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1914. It is known from Kenya, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It feeds on Terminalia velutina and Parinari excelsa.

References

↑ BioLib.cz - Cymatura nigra. Retrieved on 8 September 2014.

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[1] BioLib.cz - Cymatura nigra. Retrieved on 8 September 2014.