Derobrachus geminatus

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Derobrachus geminatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Cerambycidae
Genus: Derobrachus
Species:
D. geminatus
Binomial name
Derobrachus geminatus
LeConte, 1853 [1]
Synonyms

Derobrachus forreri Bates, 1884

Derobrachus geminatus is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. For over 100 years, this species was confused with the related species Derobrachus hovorei; essentially all literature prior to 2007 therefore uses the name geminatus for the wrong species, while the true geminatus was known under the junior name Derobrachus forreri.[2] It is an uncommon species but fairly large, reaching 70 mm in length, that can be found from southern Arizona and Texas to Sinaloa and Baja California Sur.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Derobrachus geminatus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  2. ^ Santos-Silva, Antonio (2007) Revisão do gênero Derobrachus Audinet-Serville, 1832 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Prioninae). Arquivos do Zoologia 38: 1-94.
  3. ^ Chemsak A.J. (1996) Illustrated revision of the Cerambycidae of North America. Vol. I, Subfamilies Parandrinae, Spondylidinae, Aseminae, Prioninae. Wolfsgarden Press, Burbank, ix+150pp., 10 pls. ISBN 1885850026