Batus barbicornis
Batus barbicornis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae.[1] It was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1764.[1]
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Synonyms
- Cerambyx barbicornis Linnaeus, 1764
- Cerambyx guianus (Goeze, 1777)
- Cerambyx speciosus (Voet, 1778)
- Lophonocerus barbicornis (Linnaeus) Guérin-Méneville 1831
- Lophonocerus hirticornis (Blanchard, 1849)
- Lophonocerus tuberculicollis (Chabrillac, 1857)
- Lophocerus barbatus (Chenu, 1870)
- Batus tuberculicollis (Chabrillac) Aurivillius 1912
- Batus barbicornis itaitubensis (Tippmann, 1953)
Description
Batus barbicornis grows up to 4 centimetres in length.[2] The species shows an aposematic coloration. These beetles are black and have red antennaes with four black bits as well as a few red rectangles on its prothorax and elytra.[3] The adult lays eggs in holes bored in a tree. The larvae feed on wood and represent a severe pest of trees.[2]
Distribution
This species is native to South America. It can be found in Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, the Peruvian city of Iquitos,[3] the Brazilian city of Itaituba,[4] Suriname, French Guiana, Guyana and Bolivia.[5]
References
- Bezark, Larry G. A Photographic Catalog of the Cerambycidae of the World Archived 27 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- "Longhorn Beetle". Art.com. Archived from the original on 27 October 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
- Jones, Jenny (2012). Insect Remedies and one spider. p. 58. ISBN 9781904472049.
- Lingafelter, Steven W.; Nearns, Eugenio H.; Tavakilian, Gérard L.; Monné, Miguel A. & Biondi, Michael (2 September 2014). Longhorned Woodboring Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae and Disteniidae). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. ISBN 978-1-935623-40-3. LCCN 2014005388.
- "Batus barbicornis (von Linné, 1764)". Cerambycoidea.com. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
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