Plagionotus arcuatus explained

Plagionotus arcuatus is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae.^[1] It exhibits Batesian mimicry, visually resembling a wasp of the genus Vespula.

Taxonomy

Plagionotus arcuatus contains the following varieties/subspecies:

• Plagionotus arcuatus var. descarpentriesi^[2]
• Plagionotus arcuatus var. pseudoreichei^[3]
• Plagionotus arcuatus var. stupidus^[4]
• Plagionotus arcuatus ghidottii^[5] Pesarini & Sabbadini, 2011
• Plagionotus arcuatus kirgizicus Lazarev, 2010
• Plagionotus arcuatus lugubris (Ménétriés, 1832)
• Plagionotus arcuatus multiinterruptus Pic, 1933
• Plagionotus arcuatus shirazensis Królik et al., 2021^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Plagionotus arcuatus . iNaturalist . en-US.
2. Web site: Plagionotus arcuatus descarpentriesi . iNaturalist . en-US.
3. Web site: Plagionotus arcuatus pseudoreichei . iNaturalist . en-US.
4. Web site: Plagionotus arcuatus stupidus . iNaturalist . en-US.
5. Web site: Plagionotus arcuatus ghidottii . iNaturalist . en-US.
6. Roman Królik. Lech Kruszelnicki. Andrzej Lason. Marcin Walczak. Notes on the subspecies of Plagionotus arcuatus (Linnaeus, 1758) with description of a new subspecies from Iran (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). March 2021. Zootaxa . 4942. 4. 558-568. 10.11646/zootaxa.4942.4.4.