Cerambyx cerdo

Cerambyx cerdo
Cerambyx cerdo
Male (left) and Female (right)
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cerambycidae
Genus: Cerambyx
Species: C. cerdo
Binomial name
Cerambyx cerdo
Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
  • Cerambyx acuminatus
  • Hammaticherus pfisteri

The Cerambyx cerdo, commonly known as great capricorn beetle, is a species of beetle in family Cerambycidae. It is widespread in Algeria, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Croatia, the Czech Republic, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Moldova, Morocco, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom.[1]

Photogallery

  • Male exemplar

  • Female exemplar

  • Distribution of C. Cerdo

  • Front view of a female

References

  1. ^ a b World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). "Cerambyx cerdo". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/4166. Retrieved August 7, 2007. 

External links

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