Elaphidion spinicorne
| Elaphidion spinicorne | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Cerambycidae |
| Genus: | Elaphidion |
| Species: | E. spinicorne
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| Binomial name | |
| Elaphidion spinicorne (Drury, 1773)
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Elaphidion spinicorne is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Dru Drury in 1773 from Jamaica.[1]
Description
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ Drury, Dru (1837). Westwood, John (ed.). Illustrations of Exotic Entomology. Vol. 1. p. 88. pl. XLI.
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