Entelopes shelfordi is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was named by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1923 based on a description and illustration by Robert Walter Campbell Shelford in 1902. It is known from Borneo.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Cerambycidae |
| Genus: | Entelopes |
| Species: | E. shelfordi
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| Entelopes shelfordi Aurivillius, 1923[1]
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Shelford wrote that this species mimicked the species Metrioidea apicalis in the family Galerucidae.[3]
References
edit- ^ Aurivillius, Chr. (1923). "Entelopes Guér.". In Junk, W.; Schenkling, S. (eds.). Cerambycidae: Lamiinae II. Coleopterorm Catalogus. Vol. 74. Berlin: W. Junk. p. 492.
- ^ BioLib.cz - Entelopes shelfordi. Retrieved on 8 September 2014.
- ^ Shelford, R. (1902). "Observations on some Mimetic Insects and Spiders from Borneo and Singapore". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 2 (15): 244.
Further reading
edit- Breuning, Stephan (1954). "Revision von 35 Gattungen aus der Gruppe der Saperdini Muls. (Col. Cerambycidae)". Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey Tutzing bei München. 5 (2): 479–480.