SPHINGNOTUS DUNNINGI
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 CLICK FOR DOWNLOAD --------------------------------- Classification Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Coleoptera Suborder: Polyphaga Family: Cerambycidae Genus: Sphingnotus Species: S. Dunningi
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SPHINGNOTUS DUNNINGI Sphingnotus dunningi is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Francis Polkinghorne Pascoe in 1867. It is known from Moluccas.
The genus Sphingnotus Perroud, 1855 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) belongs to Tmesisternini Blanchard, 1853, an insufficiently studied tribe of the subfamily Laniinae Latreille, 1825.
Presently, this genus is presented in the world fauna by 3 species: Sphingnotus dunningi Pascoe, 1868, Sphingnotus insignis Perroud, 1855, Sphingnotus mirabilis Boisduval, 1835.
These species include 13 subspecies which are distributed in Molucca, Misool, Aru, West Papua, Papua New Guinea, Bismarck, and the Solomon islands.
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