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Xixuthrus

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Xixuthrus
Xixuthrus heros
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cerambycidae
Subfamily: Prioninae
Tribe: Macrotomini
Genus: Xixuthrus
Thomson, 1877
Species

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Synonyms
  • Clinopleurus Lansberge, 1884
  • Chondrothrus Gressitt, 1959

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]

Systematics

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The 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

Subgenus Daemonarthra Lameere, 1903

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Xixuthrus
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