Scapanopygus Explained

Scapanopygus cinereus is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae, the only species in the genus Scapanopygus. Both the genus and species were described in 1913 by French entomologist Pierre-Émile Gounelle. The type specimen was collected from Averías, a municipality in Argentina, on the banks of the Salado River.^[1]

In 2005, Monné and Napp transferred the genera Ranqueles and Scapanopygus to the tribe Bothriospilini based on cladistic analysis.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Gounelle . P.E. . 1913 . Chasses de M. E.-R. Wagner, correspondant du Muséum, dans les provinces du Nord de la République Argentine. Cérambycides nouveaux ou peu connus . Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle . 19 . 4 . 193–231 . 10.5962/bhl.part.25475 . fr . free .
2. Monné . Marcela Laura . Napp . Dilma Solange . Cladistic analysis of the tribe Torneutini Thomson (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae: Trachyderoinia) . Zootaxa . 1062 . 1 . 2005 . 10.11646/zootaxa.1062.1.1 . 1–56.