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Purpuricenus sanguinolentus

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Purpuricenus sanguinolentus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cerambycidae
Genus: Purpuricenus
Species:
P. sanguinolentus
Binomial name
Purpuricenus sanguinolentus
(Olivier, 1795)
Synonyms
  • Cerambyx sanguinolentus Olivier, 1795
  • Philagathes sanguinolentus Lacordaire, 1869
  • Purpuricenus sanguinolentus Gahan, 190
  • Purpuricenus chopardi Lepesme, 1947

Purpuricenus sanguinolentus is a species of longhorn beetle native to Sri Lanka and India and possibly in China.[1][2]

The host plants into which the larvae burrow include Acacia arabica, Bambusa sp., Santalum album,[3] and Dendrocalamus strictus.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "China, Purpuricenus sanguinolentus". Cerambycoidea Forum. Retrieved 2021-06-16.
  2. ^ "species Purpuricenus sanguinolentus (Olivier, 1795)". BioLib. Retrieved 2021-06-16.
  3. ^ Sundararaj, R.; Wilson, J. John; Vimala, D. (2019). "Stem borers of Indian sandalwood (Santalum album Linn.) in Karnataka, India". Journal of the Indian Academy of Wood Science. 16 (1): 31–35. doi:10.1007/s13196-019-00232-1. ISSN 0972-172X. S2CID 256071754.
  4. ^ "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.