Acanthesthes amycteroides

Acanthesthes amycteroides is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by White in 1858. It is known from South Africa.[1]

Acanthesthes amycteroides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Suborder:
Polyphaga
Family:
Cerambycidae
Genus:
Acanthesthes
Species:
A. amycteroides
Binomial name
Acanthesthes amycteroides
(White, 1858)
Synonyms
  • Acanthesthes heros (Pascoe, 1864)
  • Acanthesthes spinosa Breuning, 1939
  • Phantasis heros Pascoe, 1864
  • Phantasis tuberculifera Thomson, 1865
  • Phrissoma amycteroides White, 1858

The junior synonym A. spinosa's type location is Port Natal and its initial description listed a length of 21 mm and a width of 9 mm.[2]

References
  1. BioLib.cz - Acanthesthes amycteroides. Retrieved on 8 September 2014.
  2. Breuning, Stephan (1939). "Novae species Cerambycidarum VII". Festschrift zum 60. Geburtstage von Professor Dr. Embrik Strand. 5. Riga. pp. 144–290.


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