''Monoxenus strandi'' is a species of

beetle Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...

in the family

Cerambycidae The longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae), also known as long-horned or longicorns, are a large family of beetles, with over 35,000 species described. Most species are characterized by extremely long antennae, which are often as long as or longer than ...

. It was described by Stephan von Breuning in 1939.BioLib.cz - ''Monoxenus strandi''
Retrieved on 8 September 2014. It is 14 mm long and 6 mm wide, and its

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is the " Cherangai Hills", Kenya. It was named in honor of

Embrik Strand Embrik Strand (2 June 1876 – 3 November 1947) was an entomologist and arachnologist who classified many insect and spider species including the greenbottle blue tarantula. Life and career Strand was born in Ål, Norway. He studied at ...

, in whose

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the

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was written.

References

strandi Beetles described in 1939 Taxa named by Stephan von Breuning (entomologist) {{Morimopsini-stub