''Didymocentrotus'' is a

monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unisp ...

genus in the family

Cerambycidae The longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae), also known as long-horned or longicorns (whose larvae are often referred to as roundheaded borers), are a large family of beetles, with over 35,000 species described. Most species are characterized by anten ...

described by Keith Collingwood McKeown in 1945. Its single species, ''Didymocentrotus foveatus'', was described by

Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius (15 January 1843 – 20 July 1928) was a Swedish entomologist. Life Christopher Aurivillius was born at Forsa, Sweden. He was the director of the Natural History Museum in Stockholm and he specialised in Col ...

in 1917.BioLib.cz - "'' Didymocentrotus foveatus'' (Aurivillius, 1917)"
Retrieved on 13 September 2017.

References

Acanthocinini Beetles described in 1917 Monotypic Cerambycidae genera {{Acanthocinini-stub