Aristobia reticulator

Aristobia reticulator is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It is known from Myanmar, India, China, Laos, Bangladesh, Thailand, and Vietnam. It feeds on Prunus persica, Liquidambar formosana, Quercus acutissima, Prunus salicina, and Nephelium mutabile.[1] Many references list the name as Aristobia testudo,[2] but this name, though published earlier, is unavailable under the ICZN,[3][4] primarily in that Johann Eusebius Voet's 1778 work giving the name testudo fails to fulfill the requirement in ICZN Article 11.4 that a work must be consistently binominal; none of Voet's 1778 names, including testudo, are available.[5]

Aristobia reticulator
A. reticulator from Hong Kong
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cerambycidae
Subfamily: Lamiinae
Genus: Aristobia
Species:
A. reticulator
Binomial name
Aristobia reticulator
(Fabricius, 1781)
Synonyms
  • Lamia reticulator Fabricius, 1781
  • Cerambyx testudo Voet, 1778 (Unav.)
  • Celosterna clathrator Thomson, 1865
  • Batocera reticulator
  • Cerambyx reticulator
  • Aristobia testudo

Description

This species has a black body with yellow spots, and black tufts on the basal antennomeres, similar to the related species Aristobia approximator; however, A. approximator has tufts only on the 3rd antennal segment, while A. reticulator has tufts on segments 3, 4, and sometimes 5.[4]

References
  1. BioLib.cz - Aristobia. Retrieved on 8 September 2014.
  2. Catalogue of Life: list of synonyms for Aristobia reticulator
  3. Jiroux, E., Garreau, P., Bentanachs, J., and P. Patrick (2014) First contribution to the study of Monochamini in Southeast Asia (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae). Les Cahiers Magellanes (NS) 14: 67–118.
  4. Agarwala, B. K.; Bhattacharjee, P. P. (2015). "Redescription of Aristobia reticulator (F., 1781) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae), with a taxonomic note and record of a new food plant for adults in Northeastern India". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 69 (2): 205–212. doi:10.1649/0010-065X-69.2.205. S2CID 83646075.
  5. Krell, F-T. (2012). "On nomenclature and synonymy of Trichius rosaceus, T. gallicus, and T. zonatus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Trichiini)". Zootaxa. 3278 (1): 61–68. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3278.1.3.


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