Taeniotes farinosus

Taeniotes farinosus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Cerambycidae
Subfamily:	Lamiinae
Tribe:	Lamiini
Genus:	Taeniotes
Species:	T. farinosus
Binomial name
	Taeniotes farinosus; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
	Monochamus farinosus (Linnaeus, 1758); Monochamus decoratus Laporte de Castelnau, 1840; Cerambyx ocellatus Fabricius, 1801; Cerambyx farinosus Linnaeus, 1758; Cerambyx farinosus var. DeGeer, 1775; Cerambyx subocellatus Olivier, 1792; Taeniotes decoratus (Laporte de Castelnau, 1840); Taeniotes farinosa (Linnaeus, 1758); Taeniotes subocellatus (Olivier, 1792);

Taeniotes farinosus is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758, originally under the genus Cerambyx.

Distribution[edit]

This species is known from Colombia, Brazil, Guyana, French Guiana, Suriname, Argentina, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Paraguay and Peru.^[1]^[2]

Description[edit]

Taeniotes farinosus can reach a body length of about 25–33 mm (0.98–1.30 in).^[2] Body is elongate, black or dark brown, with a series of yellow-orange spots on the elytra. Antennae are filiform and rather long. Pronotum is approximately subquadrate.

Biology[edit]

This species may have two generations per year (bivoltine). Adults can be found from January to March and from September to December.^[3] These beetles feed on Artocarpus altilis (breadfruit).^[4] Larvae usually drill into wood and can cause damages.

Bibliography[edit]

Laporte Francis Louis Nompar de Caumont, Comte de Castelnau (1840) Histoire Naturelle des Insectes Coléoptères, P. Duménil, Paris 2
Linné Carl (1767) Systema Naturæ, Editio Duodecima Reformata. Laurent Salvius, Holmiæ 1 (2): 533–1327.
Ubirajara R. Martins and Antonio Santos-Silva On some species of Taeniotes Audinet-Serville, 1835(Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae) Pacific Coast Entomological Society

References[edit]

^ Catalogue of life
^ ^a ^b Tavakilian, G. and Chevillotte, H. Base de données Titan sur les Cerambycidés ou Longicornes (in French)
^ iNaturalist
^ BioLib.cz - Taeniotes farinosus. Retrieved on 8 September 2014.

External links[edit]

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[1] Catalogue of life

[titan-2] Tavakilian, G. and Chevillotte, H. Base de données Titan sur les Cerambycidés ou Longicornes (in French)

[3] Naturalist

[4] BioLib.cz - Taeniotes farinosus. Retrieved on 8 September 2014.

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