Coptocercus crucigerus

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Coptocercus crucigerus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Cerambycidae
Genus: Coptocercus
Species:
C. crucigerus
Binomial name
Coptocercus crucigerus
(Hope, 1842)
Synonyms[1]

Stenochorus cruciger Hope, 1842
Phoracantha polita Pascoe, 1863

Coptocercus crucigerus is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae (the long-horned beetles),[2] first described by Frederick William Hope in 1842 as Stenochorus cruciger,[3] from a specimen collected in Port Essington (Darwin).[1] In 1929, Herbert James Carter assigned the species to the genus Coptocercus, and also synonymised it with Phoracantha polita Pascoe, 1863.[4][5]

Distribution

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C. crucigerus is native to Australia, occurring in the Northern Territory,[1] Queensland and New South Wales.[6][7] Wang states that it is found in the Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia, and Papua New Guinea.[5]

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