''Monochamus ruspator'' 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
Johan Christian Fabricius
Johann Christian Fabricius (7 January 1745 – 3 March 1808) was a Danish zoologist, specialising in "Insecta", which at that time included all arthropods: insects, arachnids, crustaceans and others. He was a student of Carl Linnaeus, and is co ...
in 1781, originally under the genus ''
Lamia
Lamia (; ), in ancient Greek mythology, was a child-eating monster and, in later tradition, was regarded as a type of night-haunting spirit or "daimon".
In the earliest myths, Lamia was a beautiful queen of ancient Libya who had an affair with ...
''. It has a wide distribution throughout
Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth's land area and 6% of its total surfac ...
, and is also present in
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country primarily in Central Asia, with a European Kazakhstan, small portion in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the Kazakhstan–Russia border, north and west, China to th ...
.
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The species ''Murzinia karatauensis'' was described from Kazakhstan in 2011, but was later determined to be a synonym of ''Monochamus ruspator''. It was found in Kzyl-Orda Region, Chiili District, North Karatau Ridge, Daut Mountain.][
]
Subspecies
* ''Monochamus ruspator ruandae'' Breuning, 1955
* ''Monochamus ruspator ruspator'' (Fabricius, 1781)
Varietas
* ''Monochamus ruspator var. basalis'' (Chevrolat, 1857)
* ''Monochamus ruspator var. dentipes'' (Gyllenhal, 1817)
References
External links
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TITAN: Cerambycidae database
ruspator
Beetles described in 1781
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