Biology:Tithoes maculatus

Short description: Species of beetle

Tithoes maculatus
Museum specimen
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Cerambycidae
Genus:	Tithoes
Species:	T. maculatus
Binomial name
Tithoes maculatus (Fabricius, 1793)
Synonyms
List Prionus maculatus Olivier in Fabricius, 1793 Prionus maculatus Olivier, 1795 Acanthophorus maculatus Audinet-Serville, 1832 Tithoes maculatus Thomson, 1864 Tithoës maculatus Harold, 1879 Acanthophorus (Tithoes) maculatus Lameere, 1903 Acanthophorus (Tithoes) maculatus subsp. yolofus Lepesme, 1953 Acanthophorus maculatus subsp. maculatus Basilewsky, 1955 Tithoes maculatus subsp. maculatus Adlbauer & Mourglia, 1995 Tithoes (Tithoes) maculatus subsp. maculatus Quentin & Villiers, 1983

Tithoes maculatus is a species of beetle belonging to the family Cerambycidae.

Description

Tithoes maculatus can reach a length of 38–88 millimetres (1.5–3.5 in). Head and thorax are blackish, while elytra are brown, with whitish blotches. Males of this longicorn beetle has a very large head and long, strong, falciform mandibles. Three spiny teeth are present on both lateral edges of prothorax.

Distribution

This species is widespread in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sudan, Chad and Togo.

Subspecies

• Tithoes maculatus centralus Lameere, 1903
• Tithoes maculatus maculatus Olivier, 1975

References

• Biolib
• Prioninae.org
• Longicorn ID

Wikidata ☰ Q15861189 entry