Mecosarthron domingoensis

Mecosarthron domingoensis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae, originally placed in the genus Xixuthrus, which is otherwise restricted to the Old World, but reassigned to Mecosarthron in 1985.[1] The reassignment has itself been challenged, with evidence both for and against the placement of this species in Xixuthrus.[2]

Mecosarthron domingoensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Suborder:
Polyphaga
Family:
Cerambycidae
Genus:
Mecosarthron
Species:
Mecosarthron domingoensis

(Fisher, 1932)
Synonyms
  • Xixuthrus domingoensis Fisher, 1932
  • Xixuthrus domingensis Auctt. (misspelling)

References
  1. Ivie. M.A. (1985) The generic placement of Xixuthrus domingoensis Fisher (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Prioninae). The Pan-Pacific entomologist. 61(3): 246-250
  2. Santos-Silva, Antonio; Lingafelter, Steven W. (2012) Morphological analysis of Mecosarthron Buquet and Xixuthrus Thomson and reevaluation of generic assignment of Xixuthrus domingoensis Fisher (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Prioninae). Pap. Avulsos Zool. (São Paulo) 52(27): 315-332.


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