''Taeniotes scalatus'' is a species of flat-faced longhorn

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Lamiinae Lamiinae, commonly called flat-faced longhorns, are a subfamily of the longhorn beetle family (Cerambycidae). The subfamily includes over 750 genera, rivaled in diversity within the family only by the subfamily Cerambycinae Cerambycinae is a s ...

of the family

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Description

''Taeniotes scalatus'' can reach a length of . Basic color of body is black, with a yellow dorsal streak and small spots. Larval host plants are cultivated figs (''

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Beetles (Coleoptera) of Peru: A survey of the Families. Cerambycidae, Disteniidae, Vesperidae.
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Distribution

This species is very common and widely distributed in the

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, in the

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, and in Central America and northern South America (

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Bolivia Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in central South America. The country features diverse geography, including vast Amazonian plains, tropical lowlands, mountains, the Gran Chaco Province, w ...

Costa Rica Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica, is a country in Central America. It borders Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the northeast, Panama to the southeast, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, as well as Maritime bo ...

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Ecuador Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. It also includes the Galápagos Province which contain ...

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Honduras Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, ...

Nicaragua Nicaragua, officially the Republic of Nicaragua, is the geographically largest Sovereign state, country in Central America, comprising . With a population of 7,142,529 as of 2024, it is the third-most populous country in Central America aft ...

Panama Panama, officially the Republic of Panama, is a country in Latin America at the southern end of Central America, bordering South America. It is bordered by Costa Rica to the west, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north, and ...

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Venezuela Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many Federal Dependencies of Venezuela, islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It com ...

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Bibliography

* Miguel A. Monné (2005): Catalogue of the Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) of the Neotropical Region. Part II. Subfamily Lamiinae * Tavakilian, G. and Chevillotte, H. (2012) Titan: base de données internationales sur les Cerambycidae ou Longicornes.

References

External links

Encyclopaedia of Life

Manual of dangerous insects
scalatus Beetles described in 1790 Beetles of Central America Fauna of the Azores Taxa named by Johann Friedrich Gmelin {{Lamiini-stub