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Chlorophorus agnatus

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Chlorophorus agnatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cerambycidae
Genus: Chlorophorus
Species:
C. agnatus
Binomial name
Chlorophorus agnatus
Chevrolat, 1863[1]
Synonyms

Caloclytus agnatus

Chlorophorus agnatus is a species of longhorn beetle found in southern India. It was described in 1863 based on a specimen collected in the Nilgiris.

The beetle is 8-11 mm long and is covered in yellow pubescence abve with black markings. The antennae are half as long as the body in the female and longer in the male. The middle femora have a keel on each side while the hind pair have no such keeling.[2]

References

  1. ^ Chevrolat, A. (1863). "Clytides d'Asie et d'Océanie". Mémoires de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège. 18 (4): 253–350.
  2. ^ Gahan, C.J. (1906). The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Coleoptera. Vol. I. London: Taylor and Francis. p. 262.