Xixuthrus is a small genus of long-horned beetles, found primarily on Pacific islands, including Indonesia, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and Fiji, and contains some of the largest living insect species, the giant Fijian long-horned beetle and the Taveuni beetle. These beetles have powerful jaws, and should be handled with care when alive. No scientists have yet seen a larva of this genus, although in Fiji, where three different species occur, the natives consider them to be a rare and special delicacy.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Cerambycidae |
| Subfamily: | Prioninae |
| Tribe: | Macrotomini |
| Genus: | Xixuthrus Thomson, 1877 |
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Systematics
editThe genus Xixuthrus is currently dividend in two subgenera: Xixuthrus s. str. and Daemonarthra Lameere, 1903.[2]
The latter differs from the former in the apically acute (rather than rounded) lobes of the third tarsal segment.
Subgenus Xixuthrus Thomson, 1864
- Xixuthrus arfakianus (Lansberge, 1884)
- Xixuthrus axis Thomson, 1877
- Xixuthrus bufo Thomson, 1878
- Xixuthrus costatus (Montrouzier, 1855)
- Xixuthrus domingoensis Fisher 1932
- Xixuthrus fominykhi Titarenko & Zubov 2018
- Xixuthrus ganglbaueri Lameere, 1912
- Xixuthrus granulipennis Komiya, 2000
- Xixuthrus gressitti Marazzi, Marazzi & Komiya, 2006
- Xixuthrus heros (Gräffe, 1868)
- Xixuthrus jakli Titarenko & Zubov 2018
- Xixuthrus lameerei Marazzi, Marazzi & Komiya, 2006
- Xixuthrus lansbergei (Lameere, 1912)
- Xixuthrus lunicollis Lansberge 1884
- Xixuthrus microcerus (White, 1853)
- Xixuthrus nycticorax Thomson, 1878
- Xixuthrus penrousi Titarenko & Zubov, 2018
- Xixuthrus pinkeri Titarenko & Zubov, 2018
- Xixuthrus sapolsky Titarenko & Zubov, 2018
- Xixuthrus solomonensis Marazzi & Marazzi, 2006
- Xixuthrus stumpei Titarenko & Zubov, 2018
- Xixuthrus terribilis Thomson, 1877
- Xixuthrus thomsoni Marazzi, Marazzi & Komiya, 2006
Subgenus Daemonarthra Lameere, 1903
- Xixuthrus helleri (Lameere, 1903)
References
edit- ^ Yanega, Douglas; Olson, David; Shute, Sharon & Ziro, Komiya (2004). "The Xixuthrus species of Fiji (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Prioninae)". Zootaxa. 777 (1): 1–10. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.777.1.1.
- ^ Xixuthrus
External links
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Data related to Xixuthrus at Wikispecies- Gallery of Xixuthrus-species
- ZinRus In Russian but excellent images of several members of this genus. Locality information in English.
