''Apriona rugicollis'' is a species of

beetle Beetles are insects that form the Taxonomic rank, order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 40 ...

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 ...

. It was described by

Louis Alexandre Auguste Chevrolat Louis Alexandre Auguste Chevrolat (29 March 1799, Paris – 16 December 1884, Paris) was a French entomologist. He specialized mainly on the beetles and was a founder of the Societe entomologique de France in 1832. Chevrolat worked as a toll adm ...

in 1852. It is known from China, Cambodia, Japan, Taiwan, North Korea, South Korea, and Vietnam.BioLib.cz - ''Apriona rugicollis''
Retrieved on 8 September 2014.

Subspecies

* ''Apriona rugicollis nobuoi'' Breuning & Ohbayashi, 1966 * ''Apriona rugicollis rugicollis'' Chevrolat, 1852 * ''Apriona rugicollis yayeyamai'' Breuning, 1976

References

Batocerini Beetles described in 1852 Taxa named by Louis Alexandre Auguste Chevrolat Beetles of Asia {{Batocerini-stub