| Dorysthenes | |
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| Museum specimen of Dorysthenes buqueti | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Cerambycidae |
| Subfamily: | Prioninae |
| Tribe: | Prionini |
| Genus: | Dorysthenes Vigors, 1826 |
Dorysthenes is a genus of longhorn beetles of the subfamily Prioninae.
The following species are recognised in the genus Dorysthenes: [1]
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