Coptocercus crucigerus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Cerambycidae |
Genus: | Coptocercus |
Species: | C. crucigerus
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Binomial name | |
Coptocercus crucigerus (
Hope, 1842)
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Synonyms [1] | |
Stenochorus cruciger
Hope, 1842 |
Coptocercus crucigerus is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae (the long-horned beetles), [2] first described by Frederick William Hope in 1842 as Stenochorus cruciger, [3] from a specimen collected in Port Essington ( Darwin). [1] In 1929, Herbert James Carter assigned the species to the genus Coptocercus, and also synonymised it with Phoracantha polita Pascoe, 1863. [4] [5]
C. crucigerus is native to Australia, occurring in the Northern Territory, [1] Queensland and New South Wales. [6] [7] Wang states that it is found in the Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia, and Papua New Guinea. [5]