Zoodes maculatus

Zoodes maculatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Superfamily:	Chrysomeloidea
Family:	Cerambycidae
Subfamily:	Cerambycinae
Genus:	Zoodes
Species:	Z. maculatus
Binomial name
	Zoodes maculatus; (White, 1855)
Synonyms
	Falsoplatocera theresae Pic, 1947; Stromatium? maculatum White, 1855; Zoodes maculatus Lacordaire, 1869;

Zoodes maculatus is a species of Longhorn beetle native to Sri Lanka and India.^[1]^[2]

Description[edit]

The species has a dull reddish or testaceous tegument, with slightly lighter elytra. Fine pubescence found all over the body. There is a pattern of maculae on prothorax and elytra. Head square-shaped and eyes are large. Antennae are pilose and longer than body. Prothorax is transverse with sinuate narrowly black, posterior margin. Scutellum is black colored and small. Outer elytral border is narrowly black. Legs are long, and slender.^[3]

References[edit]

^ "Zoodes maculatus A. White, 1855". Longhorn beetle. Retrieved 2021-06-16.
^ "Checklist of longicorn coleoptera of Sri Lanka (1) Vesperidae and Cerambycidae excluding Lamiinae" (PDF). (Bulletin of FFPRI) Vol.7 No.2 (No.407) 95 - 110. Retrieved 2021-06-16.
^ Vives, E.; Ghate, H.V. (2015-01-20). "On two rare cerambycid beetles (Coleoptera) from India". Taprobanica: The Journal of Asian Biodiversity. p. 40. doi:10.4038/tapro.v7i1.7507. Retrieved 2021-06-18.

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[1] "Zoodes maculatus A. White, 1855". Longhorn beetle. Retrieved 2021-06-16.

[2] "Checklist of longicorn coleoptera of Sri Lanka (1) Vesperidae and Cerambycidae excluding Lamiinae" (PDF). (Bulletin of FFPRI) Vol.7 No.2 (No.407) 95 - 110. Retrieved 2021-06-16.

[3] Vives, E.; Ghate, H.V. (2015-01-20). "On two rare cerambycid beetles (Coleoptera) from India". Taprobanica: The Journal of Asian Biodiversity. p. 40. doi:10.4038/tapro.v7i1.7507. Retrieved 2021-06-18.

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