Biology:Trachyderes succinctus

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Short description: Species of beetle

Trachyderes succinctus
Cerambycidae - Trachyderes succinctus.JPG
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Cerambycidae
Genus: Trachyderes
Species:
T. succinctus
Binomial name
Trachyderes succinctus

Trachyderes succinctus is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae.[1] It was described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae.[1]

Illustration of Trachyderes succinctus

Description

Trachyderes succinctus can reach a length of about 1 inch (25 mm). 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,Uruguay, Bolivia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela, Suriname, French Guiana, Bolivia and the Antilles.[1][3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Bezark, Larry G. A Photographic Catalog of the Cerambycidae of the World. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
  2. Drury, Dru (1837). Westwood, John. ed. Illustrations of Exotic Entomology. 1. p. 83-84. pl. XXXIX. 
  3. Cerambyoidea

Wikidata ☰ Q7831380 entry