Coptocercus crucigerus
Species of beetle
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Coptocercus crucigerus is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae (the long-horned beetles),[2] first described by Frederick William Hope in 1842 as Stenochorus cruciger,[3] from a specimen collected in Port Essington (Darwin).[1] In 1929, Herbert James Carter assigned the species to the genus Coptocercus, and also synonymised it with Phoracantha polita Pascoe, 1863.[4][5]
| Coptocercus crucigerus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Cerambycidae |
| Genus: | Coptocercus |
| Species: | C. crucigerus |
| Binomial name | |
| Coptocercus crucigerus (Hope, 1842) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Stenochorus cruciger Hope, 1842 | |
Distribution
C. crucigerus is native to Australia, occurring in the Northern Territory,[1] Queensland and New South Wales.[6][7] Wang states that it is found in the Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia, and Papua New Guinea.[5]
