Plagionotus arcuatus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Cerambycidae |
| Genus: | Plagionotus |
| Species: | P. arcuatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Plagionotus arcuatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Plagionotus arcuatus is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae.[2] It exhibits Batesian mimicry, visually resembling a wasp of the genus Vespula.
Taxonomy
[edit]Plagionotus arcuatus contains the following varieties/subspecies:
- Plagionotus arcuatus var. descarpentriesi[3]
- Plagionotus arcuatus var. pseudoreichei[4]
- Plagionotus arcuatus var. stupidus[5]
- Plagionotus arcuatus ghidottii[6] Pesarini & Sabbadini, 2011
- Plagionotus arcuatus kirgizicus Lazarev, 2010
- Plagionotus arcuatus lugubris (Ménétriés, 1832)
- Plagionotus arcuatus multiinterruptus Pic, 1933
- Plagionotus arcuatus shirazensis Królik et al., 2021[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Nieto, A.; Mannerkoski, I.; Tykarski, P.; Mason, F.; Dodelin, B. & Tezcan, S. (2010). "Plagionotus arcuatus (Europe assessment)". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T157620A5109420. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ^ "Plagionotus arcuatus". iNaturalist.
- ^ "Plagionotus arcuatus descarpentriesi". iNaturalist.
- ^ "Plagionotus arcuatus pseudoreichei". iNaturalist.
- ^ "Plagionotus arcuatus stupidus". iNaturalist.
- ^ "Plagionotus arcuatus ghidottii". iNaturalist.
- ^ Roman Królik; Lech Kruszelnicki; Andrzej Lason & Marcin Walczak (March 2021). "Notes on the subspecies of Plagionotus arcuatus (Linnaeus, 1758) with description of a new subspecies from Iran (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)". Zootaxa. 4942 (4): 558–568. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4942.4.4.
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