Xixuthrus
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| Genus: | Xixuthrus Thomson, 1877
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Xixuthrus is a small genus of long-horned beetles, found primarily on Pacific islands, including Indonesia, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and Fiji, and contains some of the largest living insect species, the giant Fijian long-horned beetle and the Taveuni beetle. These beetles have powerful jaws, and should be handled with care when alive. No scientists have yet seen a larva of this genus, although in Fiji, where three different species occur, the natives consider them to be a rare and special delicacy.
Systematics
The genus Xixuthrus is currently dividend in two subgenera: Xixuthrus s. str. and Daemonarthra Lameere, 1903.
The latter differs from the former in the apically acute (rather than rounded) lobes of the third tarsal segment.
subgenus Xixuthrus Thomson, 1864
Xixuthrus arfakianus (Lansberge, 1884)
Xixuthrus costatus (Montrouzier, 1855)
Xixuthrus Domingensis (Milos, 2016)
Xixuthrus ganglbaueri Lameere, 1912
Xixuthrus granulipennis Komiya, 2000
Xixuthrus gressitti Marazzi, Marazzi & Komiya, 2006
Xixuthrus heros (Gräffe, 1868)
Xixuthrus lameerei Marazzi, Marazzi & Komiya, 2006
Xixuthrus lansbergei (Lameere, 1912)
Xixuthrus microcerus (White, 1853)
Xixuthrus solomonensis Marazzi & Marazzi, 2006
Xixuthrus terribilis Thomson, 1877 (syn. = X. heyrovskyi Tippmann, 1945)
Xixuthrus thomsoni Marazzi, Marazzi & Komiya, 2006
subgenus Daemonarthra Lameere, 1903
Xixuthrus helleri (Lameere, 1903)
Bibliography
- [1] EVENHUIS N. L., 2007 - Note: Clarification of the Authorship of Xixuthrus heros (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
- [2] YANEGA D., D. OLSON D., SHUTE S., KOMIYA Z., 2004 - The Xixuthrus species of Fiji (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Prioninae)
External links
- List of species
- Gallery of Xixuthrus-species
- ZinRus In Russian but excellent images of several members of this genus.Locality information in English.