Tithoes maculatus

Tithoes maculatus
	Museum specimen
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Cerambycidae
Genus:	Tithoes
Species:	T. maculatus
Binomial name
	Tithoes maculatus; (Fabricius, 1793)
Synonyms
	List Prionus maculatus Olivier in Fabricius, 1793; Prionus maculatus Olivier, 1795; Acanthophorus maculatus Audinet-Serville, 1832; Tithoes maculatus Thomson, 1864; Tithoës maculatus Harold, 1879; Acanthophorus (Tithoes) maculatus Lameere, 1903; Acanthophorus (Tithoes) maculatus subsp. yolofus Lepesme, 1953; Acanthophorus maculatus subsp. maculatus Basilewsky, 1955; Tithoes maculatus subsp. maculatus Adlbauer & Mourglia, 1995; Tithoes (Tithoes) maculatus subsp. maculatus Quentin & Villiers, 1983;

Tithoes maculatus is a species of beetle belonging to the family Cerambycidae.

Description

Tithoes maculatus can reach a length of 38–88 millimetres (1.5–3.5 in). Head and thorax are blackish, while elytra are brown, with whitish blotches. Males of this longicorn beetle has a very large head and long, strong, falciform mandibles. Three spiny teeth are present on both lateral edges of prothorax.

Distribution

This species is widespread in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sudan, Chad and Togo.

Subspecies

Tithoes maculatus centralus Lameere, 1903
Tithoes maculatus maculatus Olivier, 1975

References

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