''Psacothea hilaris'', the yellow spotted longicorn beetle, 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

Francis Polkinghorne Pascoe Francis Polkinghorne Pascoe (1 September 1813 – 20 June 1893) was an English entomologist mainly interested in beetles. Biography He was born in Penzance, Cornwall and trained at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London. Appointed surgeon in the Navy ...

in 1857. It is known from

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and

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Subspecies

* ''Psacothea hilaris botelensis'' Ohbayashi & Ohbayashi, 1965 * ''Psacothea hilaris hilaris'' (Pascoe, 1857) * ''Psacothea hilaris insularis'' Hayashi, 1957 * ''Psacothea hilaris intermedia'' Breuning & Ohbayashi, 1966 * ''Psacothea hilaris iriomotensis'' Hayashi, 1969 * ''Psacothea hilaris ishigakiana'' Ohbayashi & Ohbayashi, 1956 * ''Psacothea hilaris macronotata'' Hayashi, 1956 * ''Psacothea hilaris maculata'' Breuning, 1954 * ''Psacothea hilaris miyakejimana'' Matsushita, 1937 * ''Psacothea hilaris miyakoana'' Ohbayashi & Ohbayashi, 1956 * ''Psacothea hilaris tenebrosa'' Matsushita, 1933 * ''Psacothea hilaris yonaguniana'' Ohbayashi & Ohbayashi, 1956

References

Lamiini Beetles described in 1857 Beetles of Asia Beetles of Europe Taxa named by Francis Polkinghorne Pascoe {{Lamiini-stub