Psalidognathus friendi

Psalidognathus friendii Colombia

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: Prioninae
Tribus: Prionini
Genus: Psalidognathus
Species: Psalidognathus friendi

Name

Psalidognathus friendii (Gray, 1831)

Subspecies

• Psalidognathus friendii sallei (Thomson, 1858)

Synonyms

• testaceus (Thomson, 1877)
• viridiobscurus (Thomson, 1877)
• violaceus (Thomson, 1877)
• subniger (Thomson, 1877)
• ater (Thomson, 1877)
• deyrollei (Thomson, 1877)
• superbus (White, 1845)
• limenius (Erichson, 1847)
• incas (Thomson, 1859)
• boucardii (Thomson, 1874)
• gloriosus (Thomson, 1880)

Distribution

The species is distributed in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela

References

• Gray, G. 1831. Plates 6 and 14 (Psalidognathus Friendii). The animal kingdom arranged in conformity with its organization by the Baron Cuvier, with supplementary addition to each order (inserted in “Supplement on insects in general” 14: 29–123).
• Gray, G.R., 1832. In Griffith, E. The Animal Kingdom Arranged In Conformity With Its Organization, By The Baron Cuvier 14: 140 pls; 15: pp 1–796. Text BHL plates BHL Reference page. : 2, 115.
• Quentin, R.M.; Villiers, A. 1983: Note sur les Psalidognathus Gray. Description de quatre formes nouvelles; désignation d’un néotype et de lectotypes (Col., Cerambycidae, Prioninae). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (n.s.), 19 (4): 441–446.
• Santos-Silva, A.; Komiya, Z. 2012: Contribution towards the knowledge of Psalidognathus Gray, 1831 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Prioninae). Insecta mundi, (0247 ) full article (PDF)

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