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

Tithoes maculatus
Museum specimen
Scientific classification Edit this 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
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  • 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

Description

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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

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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

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

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