Phoracantha
Genus of beetles
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Phoracantha is a genus of longhorn beetles native to Australia and New Guinea. Species in this genus are primarily associated with Eucalyptus trees, with some species considered economically significant pests.
| Phoracantha | |
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| Phoracantha obscura | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Cerambycidae |
| Subfamily: | Cerambycinae |
| Tribe: | Phoracanthini |
| Genus: | Phoracantha Newman, 1840 |
| Type species | |
| Stenocorus semipunctatus Fabricius, 1775 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Distribution and habitat
Phoracantha species are native to Australia and New Guinea, though some species have been introduced to parts of Africa, Europe, North America, and South America.[2][3][4] Most Phoracantha species are native to southern Australia, with a smaller proportion of species native to northern Australia and/or New Guinea.[2] The genus is represented in every Australian state and is mostly distributed along the coast, with only one species, P. tuberalis, restricted to central Australia.[4]
Species
This genus includes the following species:[5]
- Phoracantha acanthocera (Macleay, 1826)
- Phoracantha alternata Carter, 1929
- Phoracantha ancoralis Wang, 1995
- Phoracantha complicata Wang, 1995
- Phoracantha concolor Carter, 1929
- Phoracantha cruciata Wang, 1995
- Phoracantha elegans Blackburn, 1894
- Phoracantha flavopicta Pascoe, 1865
- Phoracantha frenchi (Blackburn, 1892)
- Phoracantha grallaria Pascoe, 1864
- Phoracantha guttata (Blackburn, 1892)
- Phoracantha immaculata (Carter, 1929)
- Phoracantha impavida Newman, 1850
- Phoracantha laetabilis Blackburn, 1894
- Phoracantha lata (Hope, 1841)
- Phoracantha longipennis (Hope, 1841)
- Phoracantha manifesta Wang, 1995
- Phoracantha mastersi (Pascoe, 1875)
- Phoracantha mitchelli (Hope, 1841)
- Phoracantha multiformis Wang, 1995
- Phoracantha niamata Wang, 1995
- Phoracantha northamensis (McKeown, 1948)
- Phoracantha obscura (Donovan, 1805)
- Phoracantha odewahnii Pascoe, 1864
- Phoracantha perbella Wang, 1995
- Phoracantha phaea (Wang, 1996)
- Phoracantha placenta (Carter, 1929)
- Phoracantha porosa Carter, 1929
- Phoracantha princeps (Blackburn, 1889)
- Phoracantha punctata (Donovan, 1805)
- Phoracantha punctipennis (Blackburn, 1889)
- Phoracantha recurva Newman, 1840
- Phoracantha rugithoracica Wang, 1995
- Phoracantha saviesi Fauvel, 1906
- Phoracantha semipunctata (Fabricius, 1775)
- Phoracantha solida (Blackburn, 1894)
- Phoracantha superans Pascoe, 1862
- Phoracantha synonyma Newman, 1840
- Phoracantha tricuspis Newman, 1840
- Phoracantha tuberalis Wang, 1995
- Phoracantha tunicatus (Macleay, 1826)
