Macrochenus tigrinus is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Guillaume-Antoine Olivier in 1792, originally under the genus Cerambyx. It is known from Sri Lanka, India and Myanmar. It contains the varietas Macrochenus tigrinus var. tesselatus.[1]

Macrochenus tigrinus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cerambycidae
Genus: Macrochenus
Species:
M. tigrinus
Binomial name
Macrochenus tigrinus
(Olivier, 1792)
Synonyms
  • Cerambyx tigrinus Olivier, 1795 nec DeGeer, 1775
  • Mecotagus birmanus Thomson, 1878
  • Mecotagus tigrinus (Olivier, 1792)

References

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  1. ^ BioLib.cz - Macrochenus tigrinus. Retrieved on 8 September 2014.