Elaphidion irroratum

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Elaphidion irroratum
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Cerambycidae
Genus: Elaphidion
Species:
E. irroratum
Binomial name
Elaphidion irroratum

Elaphidion irroratum is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1767 12th edition of Systema Naturae. [1]

Description

Head very dark brown, almost black; front dappled with cream colour. Antennae dark brown, and about the length of the insect; having spines at each joint, except that next the head. Thorax spineless, brownish black, with white patches on its sides; and, when viewed through a microscope, punctured. Scutellum very small, and nearly triangular. Elytra brownish black, margined at the sides and suture, with whitish patches thereon, punctured; having two spines at the extremity of each. Abdomen and breast black, and covered with short grey hairs like pile. Legs reddish brown, with a small spine at the tip of each of the femora (except the fore ones), and another at the tips of the tibiae. Length of body 34 inch (19 mm). [2]

References

  1. Bezark, Larry G. A Photographic Catalog of the Cerambycidae of the World Archived 27 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Drury, Dru (1837). Westwood, John (ed.). Illustrations of Exotic Entomology Vol. I  . p. 87, plate XLI via Wikisource.