Rhopalophora serripennis

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Rhopalophora serripennis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Cerambycidae
Genus: Rhopalophora
Species:
R. serripennis
Binomial name
Rhopalophora serripennis
Giesbert & Chemsak, 1993

Rhopalophora serripennis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Giesbert and Chemsak in 1993. [1]

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Appearance

Rhopalophora serripennis is a black beetle with a red prothorax. Its body is long and narrow and between 5-9 mm in length. Males and females appear similar, although only males have white pubescence on their abdomen. R. serripennis may be mistaken for R. punctatipennis and R. miniatocollis, two similar species. [2]

Range

Rhopalophora serripennis is found in central and southwestern Mexico, as far north as Nayarit and as far south as Chiapas. [2]

References

  1. ↑ Bezark, Larry G. A Photographic Catalog of the Cerambycidae of the World Archived 2018-04-20 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved on 22 May 2012.
  2. 1 2 Giesbert, Edmund F.; Chemsak, John A. (1993-03-01). "A Review of the Rhopalophorini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) of North and Central America". Insecta Mundi. 7 (1–2): 17–18 – via Florida Online Journals.


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