Xylotoles costatus
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| Xylotoles costatus | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Cerambycidae |
| Subfamily: | Lamiinae |
| Genus: | Xylotoles |
| Species: | X. costatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Xylotoles costatus Pascoe, 1875 |
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Xylotoles costatus, the Pitt Island longhorn beetle, is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It is endemic to New Zealand. Originally thought to be extinct in 1986, it was found again during 1996 on South East Island/Rangatira in the Chatham Islands; the species is now considered a Lazarus taxon.
[edit] References
- McGuinness, C. A. 2004. Xylotoles costatus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 10 August 2007.
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