Pachylocerus corallinus
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| Pachylocerus corallinus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Cerambycidae |
| Genus: | Pachylocerus |
| Species: | P. corallinus |
| Binomial name | |
| Pachylocerus corallinus Hope, 1834 | |
Pachylocerus corallinus is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It is found in southwestern India. It was first described and given its binomial name by Frederick William Hope who examined a specimen from the cabinet of Captain Thomas Smee of the Indian Navy who had obtained it from a prickly pear in the vicinity of "Omlecope Dawar" (possibly "Ontikoppa" near Dharwad).[1]
Specimens have been recorded from as far north as Bombay, south through Matheran, Goa, to Mangalore.[2] In this genus, the eyes are divided. The antennae are short and do not reach past the middle of the elytra in the male and are even shorter in the female.[3]