Deucalion oceanicum is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae and the only species in the genus Deucalion. It is endemic to the Savage Islands. The species and genus were described by Thomas Vernon Wollaston in 1854.[1]
| Deucalion oceanicum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Cerambycidae |
| Genus: | Deucalion Wollaston, 1854 |
| Species: | D. oceanicum
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| Binomial name | |
| Deucalion oceanicum Wollaston, 1854
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Distribution and habitat
editThis species is currently known to live only on the smallest island of the archipelago, Fora Islet. Living almost entirely off of shrubs of Euphorbia anachoreta, also endemic to the Portuguese islet.[2]
Description
editIt measures around 9 to 14 mm (0.35 to 0.55 in) and has antennae shorter than the body.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Deucalion oceanicum". BioLib.
- ^ a b Jiří Krátký; António Miguel Franquinho Aguiar. "A new Lamiine longhorn-beetle from Madeira and the key to the Macaronesian Parmenini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)". Museu de História Natural do Funchal. Retrieved September 27, 2020.