Biology:Callipogon barbatus

Short description: Species of beetle

Callipogon barbatus
Callipogon barbatus from Guatemala. Male and female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Superfamily:	Cerambycoidea
Family:	Cerambycidae
Subfamily:	Prioninae
Genus:	Callipogon
Species:	C. barbatus
Binomial name
Callipogon barbatus (Fabricius, 1775)
Synonyms
Callipogon friedlaenderi Nonfried, 1892 Callipogon hauseri Nonfried, 1892 Cerambyx barbatus Gmelin, 1790 Prionus barbatus Fabricius, 1781 Callipogon barbatum (Fabricius) Auctorum' (misspelling)

Callipogon barbatus is a species of flat-faced longhorn beetle in the subfamily Prioninae of the family Cerambycidae.

Description

Callipogon barbatus reaches a length of about 50–60 millimetres (2.0–2.4 in) in females, about 100 millimetres (3.9 in) in males. Head and pronotum are black, covered with white-yellowish hairs. Elytra are reddish-brown or light brown with a reddish tinge. The males have well developed mandibles, with long light brown and red hairs. The mandibles of females are much shorter than the in males. Antennae are dark brown, up to 80 millimetres (3.1 in) long.

Distribution

This species occurs in Central America (Mexico, Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama).

Subspecies

• Callipogon barbatus var. ornatus Bates, 1879

References

• Biolib

External links

• barbatus Cerambycoidea
• Whatsthatbug

Wikidata ☰ Q4035764 entry