Tithoes maculatus
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Cerambycidae |
Genus: | Tithoes |
Species: | T. maculatus
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Binomial name | |
Tithoes maculatus (Fabricius, 1793)
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Tithoes maculatus is a species of beetle belonging to the family Cerambycidae.
Description
[edit]Tithoes maculatus can reach a length of 38–88 millimetres (1.5–3.5 in). Head and thorax are blackish, while elytra are brown, with whitish blotches. Males of this longicorn beetle has a very large head and long, strong, falciform mandibles. Three spiny teeth are present on both lateral edges of prothorax.
Distribution
[edit]This species is widespread in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sudan, Chad and Togo.
Subspecies
[edit]- Tithoes maculatus centralus Lameere, 1903
- Tithoes maculatus maculatus Olivier, 1975
References
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