Plagionotus arcuatus

Species of beetle

Plagionotus arcuatus
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cerambycidae
Genus: Plagionotus
Species:
P. arcuatus
Binomial name
Plagionotus arcuatus
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Plagionotus arcuatus is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae.[2] It exhibits Batesian mimicry, visually resembling a wasp of the genus Vespula.

Taxonomy

Plagionotus arcuatus contains the following varieties/subspecies:

  • Plagionotus arcuatus var. descarpentriesi[3]
  • Plagionotus arcuatus var. pseudoreichei[4]
  • Plagionotus arcuatus var. stupidus[5]
  • Plagionotus arcuatus ghidottii[6] 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[7]


References

  1. ^ Nieto, A.; Mannerkoski, I.; Tykarski, P.; Mason, F.; Dodelin, B. & Tezcan, S. (2010). "Plagionotus arcuatus (Europe assessment)". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T157620A5109420. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Plagionotus arcuatus". iNaturalist.
  3. ^ "Plagionotus arcuatus descarpentriesi". iNaturalist.
  4. ^ "Plagionotus arcuatus pseudoreichei". iNaturalist.
  5. ^ "Plagionotus arcuatus stupidus". iNaturalist.
  6. ^ "Plagionotus arcuatus ghidottii". iNaturalist.
  7. ^ Roman Królik; Lech Kruszelnicki; Andrzej Lason & Marcin Walczak (March 2021). "Notes on the subspecies of Plagionotus arcuatus (Linnaeus, 1758) with description of a new subspecies from Iran (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)". Zootaxa. 4942 (4): 558–568. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4942.4.4.
Taxon identifiers
Plagionotus arcuatus


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