Phrissoma Explained

Phrissomides (singular Phrissoma) is a genus of longhorn beetles of the subfamily Lamiinae.^[1]

Containing the following species:

• Phrissoma crispum (Fabricius, 1776)
• Phrissoma reichei (Thomson, 1865)
• Phrissoma terricolum (Thomson, 1864)

Name

The term Phrissoma is formed from two Greek words, φρίσσω (phriso) which means "to be rough or uneven on the surface"^[2] and σῶμα (soma) which means "body", and is applied to these insects because not only the thorax but the whole of the upper surface is covered with spikes.^[3]

Notes and References

1. https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id306540/ Biolib.cz - Phrissoma
2. https://arrow.latrobe.edu.au/store/3/4/5/7/6/public/b13540129pp1932-endmatter.pdf term φρίσσω, p. 1955
3. Book: John George Wood . Insects Abroad: Being a Popular Account of Foreign Insects, Their Structure, Habits, and Transformations . 1874 . 245.