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BATOCERA WALLACEI
WALLACE'S LONG-HORN BEETLE

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Classification

Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Insecta

Order: Coleoptera

Suborder: Polyphaga

Family: Cerambycidae

Subfamily: Lamiinae

Genus: Batoceras

Species: B. Wallacei

BATOCERA WALLACEI

WALLACE'S LONG-HORN BEETLE

Batocera wallacei, common name Wallace's long-horn beetle, is a species of flat-faced longhorn beetle in the subfamily Lamiinae of the family Cerambycidae.

The species name honors Alfred Russel Wallace, who discovered this longhorn beetle on the Aru Islands in Indonesia. It was named after him by James Thomson in 1858.

Batocera wallacei is a huge long-horn beetle reaching about 80-85 millimetres of length in the males, while the females are smaller.

The length of the antenna may reach about 215-230 millimetres in the males.

The basic colour of the body is greenish-brownish or grey with whitish dorsal patches on the elytra.

The larvae are nearly four inches long.

This quite common species can be found in Australia (Queensland), Papua New Guinea and the Moluccas (Aru Island, Kei Island) .

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