Orthosoma
| Orthosoma brunneum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Cerambycidae |
| Subfamily: | Prioninae |
| Tribe: | Prionini |
| Genus: | Orthosoma Drapiez, 1842 |
| Species: | O. brunneum
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| Binomial name | |
| Orthosoma brunneum (Forster, 1771)
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Orthosoma is a genus of beetles in the family Cerambycidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species Orthosoma brunneum.[1] The genus name Orthosoma was also previously used for a microsporidian genus. As the name is pre-occupied by this beetle genus, the name for the microsporidian has been changed to Orthosomella.[2]
Description[edit]
Orthosoma brunneum has several spikes on their pronotum, characteristic of the genus.
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References[edit]
- ^ Bezark, Larry G. A Photographic Catalog of the Cerambycidae of the World Archived 2013-08-27 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 22 May 2012.
- ^ Becnel, J. J., Takvorian, P. M., & Cali, A. (2014). Checklist of available generic names for Microsporidia with type species and type hosts. Microsporidia: Pathogens of Opportunity, First Edition, 671-686.
Further reading[edit]
- Arnett, R.H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
- Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
- Monné, Miguel A., and Edmund F. Giesbert (1995). Checklist of the Cerambycidae and Disteniidae (Coleoptera) of the Western Hemisphere, 2nd ed., xiv + 420.
- Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.