Elaphidion irroratum

Elaphidion irroratum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Family: Cerambycidae
Genus: Elaphidion
Species: E. irroratum
Binomial name
Elaphidion irroratum
(Linnaeus, 1767)

Elaphidion irroratum is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Linnaeus in 1767.[1]

Description

Head very dark brown, almost black; front dappled with cream colour. Antennae dark brown, and about the length of the insect; having spines at each joint, except that next the head. Thorax spineless, brownish black, with white patches on its sides; and, when viewed through a microscope, punctured. Scutellum very small, and nearly triangular. Elytra brownish black, margined at the sides and suture, with whitish patches thereon, punctured; having two spines at the extremity of each. Abdomen and breast black, and covered with short grey hairs like pile. Legs reddish brown, with a small spine at the tip of each of the femora (except the fore ones), and another at the tips of the tibiae. Length of body ¾ inch (19 mm).[2]

References

  1. Bezark, Larry G. A Photographic Catalog of the Cerambycidae of the World. Retrieved on 22 May 2012.
  2. Drury, Dru (1837). Westwood, John. ed. Wikisource link to Illustrations of Exotic Entomology Vol. I. Wikisource. p. 87, plate XLI.


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