Elaphidion spinicorne

Elaphidion spinicorne
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Family: Cerambycidae
Genus: Elaphidion
Species: E. spinicorne
Binomial name
Elaphidion spinicorne
(Drury, 1773)

Elaphidion spinicorne is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Drury in 1773 from Jamaica.[1]

Description

Head clay-coloured. Antennae red brown, about as long as the insect, each joint having two spines, except that next the head. Thorax clay-coloured and cylindrical, without spines; having a small red brown streak extending along the middle and down the head. Scutellum triangular. Elytra clay-coloured, with many small red brown streaks crossing them; margined on the sides and suture, each having two spines at its extremity. Abdomen and breast greyish clay-coloured, with a small red brown spot on each side of each of the segments. Legs red brown, having a strong spine at the tip of each of the femora, except the fore ones, and another at the tips of each of the tibiae. Length of body slightly less than 1 inch (21 mm).[2]

References

  1. Bezark, Larry G. A Photographic Catalog of the Cerambycidae of the World. Retrieved on 22 May 2012.
  2. Drury, Dru (1837). Westwood, John, ed. Illustrations of Exotic Entomology. 1. p. 88. pl. XLI.


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