Alcidion Dominicum
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''Alcidion dominicum'' is a species of
longhorn beetle 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 Antenn ...
s of the subfamily
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 ...
. It was described by Fisher in 1926, and is the holotype is from
Dominica Dominica, officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, is an island country in the Caribbean. It is part of the Windward Islands chain in the Lesser Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean Sea. The capital, Roseau, is located on the western side of t ...
(see GBIF link below). A similar species occurs in the Dominican Republic and the species is therefore often wrongly cited to occur in the Dominican Republic too.


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Beetles described in 1926 Alcidion {{Acanthocinini-stub