Saperda carcharias
Species of beetle
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Saperda carcharias is a species of longhorn beetle.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Cerambycidae |
| Genus: | Saperda |
| Species: | S. carcharias |
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| Saperda carcharias | |
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Cerambyx carcharias Linnaeus, 1758 | |
Ecology
Taxonomy
Saperda carcharias was first described in 1758, when Carl Linnaeus included it in the 10th edition of his Systema Naturae, under the name Cerambyx carcharias. It was later chosen as the type species of a new genus, Saperda.[2]
