Taeniotes farinosus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Cerambycidae |
| Tribe: | Lamiini |
| Genus: | Taeniotes |
| Species: | T. farinosus
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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]- Francesco Vitali Cerambycoidea
- INPN
- Cerambycids
- Lamininae