Prosopocera gigantea

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Prosopocera gigantea
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cerambycidae
Genus: Prosopocera
Species:
P. gigantea
Binomial name
Prosopocera gigantea
Breuning, 1950
Synonyms
  • Prosopocera lydiaeBjornstad & Minetti, 2010

Prosopocera gigantea is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Stephan von Breuning in 1950. It is known from Tanzania and Malawi. [1]

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References

  1. BioLib.cz - Prosopocera gigantea. Retrieved on 8 September 2014.