Trachyderes succinctus

Trachyderes succinctus
Trachyderes succinctus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Superfamily: Chrysomeloidea
Family: Cerambycidae
Genus: Trachyderes
Species: T. succinctus
Binomial name
Trachyderes succinctus
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Trachyderes succinctus is a species of beetle in the Cerambycidae family.[1] It was described by Linnaeus in 1758.[1]

Illustration of Trachyderes succinctus

Description

Trachyderes succinctus can reach a length of about 1 inch. Head is reddish or dark brown, or dirty black, and very rough. Antennae are longer than the insect, with the two basal joints blueish black; the rest is red brown, the extremity of each joint being blueish black.

Thorax is reddish or dark brown, shining, and very rough, with large swelling in the middle; having two short thick tubercles on each side. Scutellum is large and long.

Elytra are reddish or dark brown, margined and shining, rather broad at their extremities, and spineless; having a narrow transverse yellow bar in the middle. Abdomen is dark brown.Femora are dark brown at the base, black at the tips. Tibiae and tarsi are reddish or red brown; the latter cushioned beneath with yellow pile.[2]

Distribution

This species is present in Argentina, Bolivia, Brasil, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Nicaragus, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Bolivia and Antilles. [1][3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Bezark, Larry G. A Photographic Catalog of the Cerambycidae of the World. Retrieved on 27 June 2012.
  2. Drury, Dru (1837). Westwood, John, ed. Illustrations of Exotic Entomology 1. p. 83-84. pl. XXXIX.
  3. Cerambyoidea


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