Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Suborder Polyphaga Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Coleoptera Family Cerambycidae | |
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Steirastoma pustulata is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Drury in 1773 from Jamaica.
Description
General colour grey brown. Head furnished with strong mandibles. Antennae (with the basal joint very thick) much longer than the insect. Thorax rough, gibbous, and full of small pustules, two of which form an obtuse spine on the sides. Scutellum small and triangular. Elytra margined, and full of small pustules, having two spines fixed at their extremity, near the suture. Fore-legs long. Tibiae with a single spur. Femora clavate. Body length about 1 inch (25 mm).
References
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