Xixuthrus domingoensis

Xixuthrus domingoensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Cerambycidae
Genus:	Xixuthrus
Species:	X. domingoensis
Binomial name
	Xixuthrus domingoensis; (Fisher, 1932)
Synonyms
	Mecosarthron domingoensis Fisher, 1932; Xixuthrus domingensis Auctt. [misspelling];

Xixuthrus domingoensis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae endemic to the Dominican Republic.^[1]

Taxonomy

It has also been classified in the genus Mecosarthron, but this assignment has been challenged, with evidence both for and against the placement of this species in the genus Xixuthrus, which is otherwise restricted to the Old World.^[2]^[3]

References

^ "Cerambycidae Catalog (New World)". bezbycids.com. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
^ Ivie. M.A. (1985) The generic placement of Xixuthrus domingoensis Fisher (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Prioninae). The Pan-Pacific entomologist. 61(3): 246-250
^ Santos-Silva, Antonio; Lingafelter, Steven W. (2012) Morphological analysis of Mecosarthron Buquet and Xixuthrus Thomson and reevaluation of generic assignment of Xixuthrus domingoensis Fisher (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Prioninae). Pap. Avulsos Zool. (São Paulo) 52(27): 315-332.

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[1] "Cerambycidae Catalog (New World)". bezbycids.com. Retrieved 2022-04-01.

[2] Ivie. M.A. (1985) The generic placement of Xixuthrus domingoensis Fisher (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Prioninae). The Pan-Pacific entomologist. 61(3): 246-250

[3] Santos-Silva, Antonio; Lingafelter, Steven W. (2012) Morphological analysis of Mecosarthron Buquet and Xixuthrus Thomson and reevaluation of generic assignment of Xixuthrus domingoensis Fisher (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Prioninae). Pap. Avulsos Zool. (São Paulo) 52(27): 315-332.

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