Coptocercus crucigerus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Cerambycidae
Genus: Coptocercus
Species:
C. crucigerus
Binomial name
Coptocercus crucigerus
(Hope, 1842)
Synonyms[1]

Stenochorus cruciger Hope, 1842
Phoracantha polita Pascoe, 1863

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]

Distribution

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]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Australian Faunal Directory" Coptocercus cruciger". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  2. ↑ "IRMNG - Coptocercus crucigerus (Hope, 1842)". www.irmng.org. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  3. ↑ Hope, F.W. (1842). "Observations on the Coleoptera of Port Essington, in Australia". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 1 (9): 423–430 [428].
  4. ↑ Carter, H. J. (1929). "Revision of the Australian Phoracanthini (Cerambycidae), with notes and descriptions of new species of this group and allied genera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 54: 118–36.
  5. 1 2 Qiao Wang (1995). "A revision of the Australasian genus Coptocercus Hope (Coleoptera : Cerambycidae : Phoracanthini), with descriptions of twenty-one new species" (PDF). Invertebrate Systematics. 9 (3): 447. doi:10.1071/IT9950447. ISSN 1445-5226. Wikidata Q99974581.
  6. ↑ "GBIF: Coptocercus crucigerus (Hope, 1842)". gbif.org. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  7. ↑ Pascoe, F.P. (1863). "Notes on the Australian longicornia, with descriptions of sixty new species". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. Series 3. 1 (7): 526–570 [550].


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