Suborder Polyphaga Rank Species | Order Coleoptera Family Cerambycidae | |
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Elaphidion spinicorne is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Drury in 1773 from Jamaica.
Description
Head clay-coloured. Antennae red brown, about as long as the insect, each joint having two spines, except that next the head. Thorax clay-coloured and cylindrical, without spines; having a small red brown streak extending along the middle and down the head. Scutellum triangular. Elytra clay-coloured, with many small red brown streaks crossing them; margined on the sides and suture, each having two spines at its extremity. Abdomen and breast greyish clay-coloured, with a small red brown spot on each side of each of the segments. Legs red brown, having a strong spine at the tip of each of the femora, except the fore ones, and another at the tips of each of the tibiae. Length of body slightly less than 1 inch (21 mm).