Petrognatha gigas

Petrognatha gigas

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chrysomeloidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Cucujiformia Cladus: Phytophaga Superfamilia: Chrysomeloidea

Familia: Cerambycidae
Subfamilia: Lamiinae
Tribus: Petrognathini
Genus: Petrognatha
Species: Petrognatha gigas

Name

Petrognatha gigas (Fabricius, 1793)

• Type locality: Guinea.
• Holotype: ex collection Joseph Banks; The Natural History Museum, London.

Synonyms

• Lamia gigas Fabricius, 1793: 265 (Original combination)
• Cerambyx gigas (Fabricius, 1793), nec Cerambyx gigas Fabricius, 1787
• Omacantha gigas (Fabricius, 1793)
• PPetrognatha gigas var. spinosa Kolbe, 1894
  • Type locality: Cameroon: Kamerun, Kamerungebirge, bei Bwea.
  • Syntypes: ♂♂ + ♀♀; leg. Paul Preuss; Museum für Naturkunde - Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Berlin.
• Petrognatha spinosissima Zarco García, 1921
  • Type locality: Equatorial Guinea, île de Bioko (Fernando Poo), Santa Isabel.
  • Holotype: ♂; leg. Manuel Martínez de la Escalera y Pérez de Rozas; 1919-08-11; Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid.

References

Primary references

• Fabricius, J.C. 1792. Entomologia systematica emendata et aucta. Secundum classes, ordines, genera, species adjectis synonimis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Tomus I. Pars 2. Hafniae: C.G. Proft, 538 pp. BHL PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Tavakilian, G. & Chevillotte, H.: Petrognatha gigas. TITAN: Cerambycidae database. Reference page.  accessed 2021-10-11.

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