Paroecus

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek πᾰ́ροικος (pắroikos, dwelling beside or near, neighbouring), probably so named because “[t]he pupæ were found in numbers, lying in oval chambers formed by the larvæ between the bark and the wood” by the genus’s describer.[1]

Proper noun

Paroecus m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Cerambycidae – seven species of beetles.
    Synonyms: Hysterotarsus, Lepturguncus (Chaeturguncus)

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References

  1. ^ Bates (1863) “Contributions to an insect fauna of the Amazon Valley. Coleoptera: Longicornes” (articles xi, xxvii, and xxxvii; pages 100–109, 275–288, and 367–381), in The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, including Zoology, Botany, and Geology (Third Series), volume XII, page 380

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