Dorcasomus
Genus of beetles
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Dorcasomus is a genus in the longhorn beetle family Cerambycidae. There are about nine described species in Dorcasomus, found in Africa.[1][2][3][4]
| Dorcasomus | |
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| Dorcasomus ebulinus, South Africa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Cerambycidae |
| Subfamily: | Dorcasominae |
| Tribe: | Dorcasomini |
| Genus: | Dorcasomus Audinet-Serville, 1834 |
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Species
These nine species belong to the genus Dorcasomus:
- Dorcasomus batesi Quentin & Villiers, 1970 (South Africa)
- Dorcasomus capensis Quentin & Villiers, 1970 (South Africa)
- Dorcasomus delegorguei Guérin-Méneville, 1845 (South Africa)
- Dorcasomus ebulinus (Fabricius, 1787) (South Africa)
- Dorcasomus evani Le Gall & Juhel, 2017 (Cameroon)
- Dorcasomus gigas Aurivillius, 1914 (Kenya, DR Congo, Rwanda, and Uganda)
- Dorcasomus mirabilis Quentin & Villiers, 1970 (DR Congo)
- Dorcasomus pinheyi Quentin & Villiers, 1970 (Malawi, Zimbabwe)
- Dorcasomus urundiensis Quentin & Villiers, 1970 (Burundi)