Coptocercus crucigerus explained

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

Distribution

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: IRMNG - Coptocercus crucigerus (Hope, 1842) . 2022-03-07 . www.irmng.org.
  2. Hope, F.W.. Frederick William Hope . 1842. Observations on the Coleoptera of Port Essington, in Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History . 1 . 9. 423–430 [428].
  3. Web site: Australian Faunal Directory" Coptocercus cruciger . 2022-03-07 . biodiversity.org.au . en.
  4. Carter, H. J.. Herbert James Carter . 1929. Revision of the Australian Phoracanthini (Cerambycidae), with notes and descriptions of new species of this group and allied genera. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales . 54. 118–36.
  5. Web site: GBIF: Coptocercus crucigerus (Hope, 1842) . gbif.org . 2022-03-08.
  6. Pascoe, F.P. . 1863 . Notes on the Australian longicornia, with descriptions of sixty new species . Transactions of the Entomological Society of London . Series 3 . 1 . 7 . 526–570 [550] . Francis Polkinghorne Pascoe.

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