Elaphidion irroratum

Elaphidion irroratum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Family:	Cerambycidae
Genus:	Elaphidion
Species:	E. irroratum
Binomial name
	Elaphidion irroratum; (Linnaeus, 1767)

Elaphidion irroratum is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1767 12th edition of Systema Naturae.[1]

Description

Head very dark brown, almost black; front dappled with cream colour. Antennae dark brown, and about the length of the insect; having spines at each joint, except that next the head. Thorax spineless, brownish black, with white patches on its sides; and, when viewed through a microscope, punctured. Scutellum very small, and nearly triangular. Elytra brownish black, margined at the sides and suture, with whitish patches thereon, punctured; having two spines at the extremity of each. Abdomen and breast black, and covered with short grey hairs like pile. Legs reddish brown, with a small spine at the tip of each of the femora (except the fore ones), and another at the tips of the tibiae. Length of body ³⁄₄ inch (19 mm).[2]

References

Bezark, Larry G. A Photographic Catalog of the Cerambycidae of the World Archived 27 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine
Drury, Dru (1837). Westwood, John (ed.). Illustrations of Exotic Entomology Vol. I . p. 87, plate XLI – via Wikisource.

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[1] Bezark, Larry G. A Photographic Catalog of the Cerambycidae of the World Archived 27 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine

[drury-2] Drury, Dru (1837). Westwood, John (ed.). Illustrations of Exotic Entomology Vol. I . p. 87, plate XLI – via Wikisource.