Rhopalizus nitens

Rhopalizus nitens is a species of round-necked longhorn beetles of the subfamily Cerambycinae.

Rhopalizus nitens
Museum specimen of Rhopalizus nitens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Cerambycidae
Subfamily:	Cerambycinae
Tribe:	Acanthocinini
Genus:	Rhopalizus
Species:	R. nitens
Binomial name
Rhopalizus nitens (Fabricius, 1781)
Synonyms
Cerambix nitens (Fabricius) Olivier, 1795 Cerambyx nitens Fabricius, 1781 Rhopalizus nitens nitens (Fabricius) Schmidt, 1922

Subspecies

• Rhopalizus nitens clavipes (White, 1853)
• Rhopalizus nitens houyi Schmidt, 1922
• Rhopalizus nitens nigripes (Chevrolat, 1858)

Description

Rhopalizus nitens can reach a body length of about 25 millimetres (0.98 in) in males, of about 20 millimetres (0.79 in) in females. The basic color is blue, with completely black legs in the subspecies Rhopalizus nitens nigripes.

Distribution

This species can be found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Cameroon, Central Africa, Sudan, Zaire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Democratic Republic of Congo.

References

• Biolib
• nitens Worldwide Cerambycoidea Photo Gallery
• Cerambycoidea Forum