Diastocera

Diastocera is a monotypic beetle genus in the family Cerambycidae described by Pierre François Marie Auguste Dejean in 1835.[1] Its only species, Diastocera trifasciata, was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775.[2][3]

Diastocera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Suborder:
Polyphaga
Family:
Cerambycidae
Genus:
Diastocera

Dejean, 1835
Species:
D. trifasciata
Binomial name
Diastocera trifasciata
(Fabricius, 1775)
Synonyms
  • Analeptes Gistel, 1847
  • Lamia trifasciata Fabricius, 1775
  • Lamia obesa Voet, 1778
  • Cerambyx trifasciatus
  • Diastocera trifasciata
  • Ceroplesis trifasciatus
  • Ceroplesis trifasciata
  • Analeptes trifasciatus
  • Analeptes trifasciata

Description

Diastocera trifasciata reaches about 5–6 centimetres (2.0–2.4 in) in length. The female is slightly larger than the male. The basic colour of the body is black, with three reddish-orange bands across the elytra (hence the Latin species name trifasciata). The black antennae are kept flat along the back and extend beyond the abdomen.

Adults and larvae of Diastocera trifasciata feed on the bark and underlying wood of Adansonia digitata, Anacardium occidentale, Annona senegalensis, Ceiba pentandra, Eucalyptus camaldulensis, Eucalyptus globulus, Eucalyptus saligna, Sclerocarya birrea, Spondias mombin, Sterculia setigera, Sterculia tragacantha.[1] Infestation of this insect may have devastating effects on cashew (Anacardium occidentale), with relevant economic damages.

Distribution

This species can be found in Central Africa (Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo).[1]

Habitat

Diastocera trifasciata is typically an inhabitant of savannah, but it is also present in forests edges with plants of family Anacardiaceae.

References
  1. "Diastocera Dejean, 1835". BioLib.cz. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  2. "Diastocera trifasciata (Fabricius, 1775)". BioLib.cz. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  3. TITAN database


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