Biology:Phoracantha
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Short description: Genus of beetles
| Phoracantha | |
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| Phoracantha obscura | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Cerambycidae |
| Subfamily: | Cerambycinae |
| Genus: | Phoracantha Newman, 1840 |
Phoracantha is a genus of eucalyptus borers in the family Cerambycidae. There are at least two described species in Phoracantha.[1][2][3]
Species
- Phoracantha obscura (Donovan, 1805)
- Phoracantha punctata (Donovan, 1805)
- Phoracantha recurva Newman, 1840
- Phoracantha semipunctata (Fabricius, 1775) (eucalyptus longhorn borer)
References
- ↑ "Phoracantha Genus Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/61080. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
- ↑ "Phoracantha Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=187569. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
- ↑ "Phoracantha Overview". http://eol.org/pages/9860/overview. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
Further reading
- American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida. 21 June 2002.
- Arnett, Ross H. (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
- Monné, Miguel A.; Giesbert, Edmund F. (1995). Checklist of the Cerambycidae and Disteniidae (Coleoptera) of the Western Hemisphere. 2nd ed.. Wolfsgarden Books. ISBN 1-885850-01-8.
- White, Richard E. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.
Wikidata ☰ Q14812929 entry
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