Batus barbicornis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae.[1] It was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1764.[1]

Batus barbicornis
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cerambycidae
Genus: Batus
Species:
B. barbicornis
Binomial name
Batus barbicornis
(Linnaeus, 1764)
Synonyms
  • Cerambyx barbicornis Linnaeus, 1764
  • Lophonocerus barbicornis (Linnaeus, 1764)
  • Cerambyx guianus Goeze, 1777
  • Cerambyx speciosus Voet, 1778 (Unav.)
  • Lophonocerus hirticornis Blanchard, 1849
  • Lophonocerus tuberculicollis Chabrillac, 1857
  • Batus tuberculicollis (Chabrillac, 1857)
  • Lophocerus barbatus Chenu, 1870
  • Batus barbicornis itaitubensis Tippmann, 1953

Description

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Batus barbicornis grows up to 4 centimetres in length. The species shows aposematic coloration of contrasting black and orange, with red antennae adorned with four black setal tufts.[2]

Distribution

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This species is native to South America. It can be found in Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru,[2] Brazil,[3] Suriname, French Guiana, Guyana and Bolivia.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b Bezark, Larry G. A Photographic Catalog of the Cerambycidae of the World Archived 27 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ a b Jones, Jenny (2012). Insect Remedies and one spider. Lulu.com. p. 58. ISBN 9781904472049.
  3. ^ Lingafelter, Steven W.; Nearns, Eugenio H.; Tavakilian, Gérard L.; Monné, Miguel A. & Biondi, Michael (2 September 2014). Longhorned Woodboring Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae and Disteniidae). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. ISBN 978-1-935623-40-3. LCCN 2014005388.
  4. ^ "Batus barbicornis (von Linné, 1764)". Cerambycoidea.com. Retrieved 12 July 2020.