Coptops aedificator

Coptops aedificator
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Family: Cerambycidae
Genus: Coptops
Species: C. aedificator
Binomial name
Coptops aedificator
(Fabricius, 1792)
Synonyms
  • Cerambyx fuscus Olivier, 1792
  • Cerambyx villica Olivier, 1792
  • Coptops calliginosus Dejean, 1837
  • Coptops fuscus (Olivier, 1792)
  • Coptops quadristigma Fahraeus, 1872
  • Lachnia (Coptops) parallela Audinet-Serville, 1835
  • Lamia aedificator Fabricius, 1792
  • Phymasterna inhambanensis Bertoloni, 1876
  • Coptops bidens (Fabricius)

The Albizia Long-horned Beetle (Coptops aedificator) is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1792, originally under the genus Lamia. It is known from Djibouti, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Oman, Gabon, India, Madagascar, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, the Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Senegal, South Africa, Seychelles, Mauritius, Sri Lanka, and Zambia. It was also introduced into Cape Verde, Hawaii, and Taiwan. It feeds on Theobroma cacao and several Coffea species, including C. arabica, C. canephora, and C. liberica var. dewevrei.[1]

References

  1. ↑ BioLib.cz - Coptops aedificator. Retrieved on 8 September 2014.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.