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Elaphidion spinicorne

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Elaphidion spinicorne
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cerambycidae
Genus: Elaphidion
Species:
E. spinicorne
Binomial name
Elaphidion spinicorne
(Drury, 1773)

Elaphidion spinicorne is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Dru Drury in 1773 from Jamaica.[1]

Description

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Head clay coloured. Antennae red brown, about as long as the insect, each joint having two spines, except that next to the head. Thorax clay coloured and cylindrical, without spines; having a small red-brown streak extending along the middle and down the head. Scutellum triangular. Elytra clay coloured, with many small red-brown streaks crossing them; margined on the sides and suture, each having two spines at its extremity. Abdomen and breast greyish clay coloured, with a small red-brown spot on each side of each of the segments. Legs red brown, having a strong spine at the tip of each of the femora, except the fore ones, and another at the tips of each of the tibiae. Length of body slightly less than 1 inch (21 mm).[2]

References

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  1. ^ Bezark, Larry G. A Photographic Catalog of the Cerambycidae of the World Archived 2013-08-27 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 22 May 2012.
  2. ^ Drury, Dru (1837). Westwood, John (ed.). Illustrations of Exotic Entomology. Vol. 1. p. 88. pl. XLI.