Rhopalizus nitens

Rhopalizus nitens
	Museum specimen of Rhopalizus nitens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Cerambycidae
Subfamily:	Cerambycinae
Tribe:	Acanthocinini
Genus:	Rhopalizus
Species:	R. nitens
Binomial name
	Rhopalizus nitens; (Fabricius, 1781)
Synonyms
	Cerambix nitens (Fabricius) Olivier, 1795; Cerambyx nitens Fabricius, 1781; Rhopalizus nitens nitens (Fabricius) Schmidt, 1922;

Rhopalizus nitens is a species of round-necked longhorn beetles of the subfamily Cerambycinae.

Subspecies

Rhopalizus nitens clavipes (White, 1853)
Rhopalizus nitens houyi Schmidt, 1922
Rhopalizus nitens nigripes (Chevrolat, 1858)

Description

Rhopalizus nitens can reach a body length of about 25 millimetres (0.98 in) in males, of about 20 millimetres (0.79 in) in females. The basic color is blue, with completely black legs in the subspecies Rhopalizus nitens nigripes.

Distribution

This species can be found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Cameroon, Central Africa, Sudan, Zaire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Democratic Republic of Congo.

References

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