Ochraethes nigroapicalis
| Ochraethes nigroapicalis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Cerambycidae |
| Genus: | Ochraethes |
| Species: | O. nigroapicalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Ochraethes nigroapicalis Perez-Flores & Toledo-Hernandez, 2022
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Ochraethes nigroapicalis is a species of beetle of the family Cerambycidae. It is found in Mexico (Jalisco, Nayarit and Zacatecas).
Description
Adults reach a length of about 13.35 mm. The head, thorax, coxae, elytra, abdominal ventrites I–III and basal half of ventrites IV and V are integument black, while the antennae, palpi, legs, posterior half of abdominal ventrites IV and V range are reddish brown.
Etymology
The species name is derived from Latin niger and apicis and refers to pubescence patterns on the male elytra, which is mostly black on the posterior half.[1]
References
- ^ Part of this text is from “Species delimitation in the genus Ochraethes Chevrolat, 1860 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), with description of two new species” by Óscar Pérez-Flores, Víctor H. Toledo-Hernández. This article is licensed under the [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ CC BY 4.0 license