Biology:Bothriospila

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Short description: Genus of beetles

Bothriospila
Bothriospila elegans (28022056879).jpg
Bothriospila elegans, Brazil
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Cerambycidae
Subfamily: Cerambycinae
Tribe: Bothriospilini
Genus: Bothriospila
Aurivillius, 1923
Type species
Bothriospila elegans
Aurivillius, 1923
Species

B. elegans
B. pulcherrima

Bothriospila is a genus of beetles in the family Cerambycidae, and the type genus of the tribe Bothriospilini.[1] It contains two species: the type, Bothriospila elegans, found in Brazil and Paraguay, and Bothriospila pulcherrima, found in Brazil.[2] The latter was described as a new species from Brazil in 2012.[3] Bothriospila was circumscribed in 1923 by Swedish entomologist Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius.[4][5]

References

  1. Bezark, Larry G.. "A Photographic Catalog of the Cerambycidae of the New World". http://bezbycids.com/byciddb/wdefault.asp?w=n. 
  2. "Bothriospila". Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/62GWX. 
  3. Martins, Ubirajara R.; Galileo, Maria Helena M. (2012). "Novos táxons de Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) das Américas Central e do Sul" (in pt). Iheringia. Série Zoologia 102 (3): 331–339. doi:10.1590/s0073-47212012000300013. http://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/35d4/b45b7b1963a1b49d5699c2bb2b2cf8a87604.pdf. 
  4. Aurivillius, C. (1923). "Neue oder wenig bekannte Coleoptera Longicornia 19" (in de). Arkiv för Zoologi 15 (25): 437–479. 
  5. Monné, M.A.; Nearns, E.H. (2022). "Catalogue of the Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) of the Neotropical Region. Part I. Subfamily Cerambycinae". Zootaxa 1023. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/286016156. 

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