Trachyderes succinctus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Cerambycidae |
| Genus: | Trachyderes |
| Species: | T. succinctus
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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]
Description
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ a b c Bezark, Larry G. A Photographic Catalog of the Cerambycidae of the World. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
- ^ Drury, Dru (1837). Westwood, John (ed.). Illustrations of Exotic Entomology. Vol. 1. p. 83-84. pl. XXXIX.
- ^ Cerambyoidea