Achryson surinamum

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Achryson surinamum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Cerambycidae
Genus: Achryson
Species:
A. surinamum
Binomial name
Achryson surinamum
Synonyms
  • Cerambyx surinamus Linnaeus, 1767
  • Cerambyx longicollis Degeer, 1775
  • Cerambyx simplex Voet, 1781 (Unav.)
  • Cerambyx biangulatus Voet, 1781 (Unav.)
  • Stenocorus circumflexus Fabricius, 1787
  • Stenocorus pallens Fabricius, 1792
  • Cerambyx surinamensis Olivier, 1795 (Missp.)
  • Achryson surinamum var. chontalense Bates, 1872
  • Achryson surinam Leng, 1885 (Missp.)

Achryson surinamum is a species of longhorn beetle in the subfamily Cerambycinae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1767 12th edition of Systema Naturae.[1] It is known from the United States to Chile.

Additional dorsal view of A. surinamum with slightly distorted elytra.
Left side of specimen collected in Jamaica

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