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Tithoes maculatus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Cerambycidae

Genus
  
Tithoes

Order
  
Beetle

Class
  
Insecta

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Tithoes, Beetle, Tithoes confinis, Macrotoma serripes, Cantharocnemis

Tithoes maculatus is a species of beetle belonging to the family Cerambycidae.

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Description

Tithoes maculatus can reach a length of 38–88 millimetres (1.5–3.5 in). Head and thorax are blackish, while elytra are brown, with whitish blotches. Males of this longicorn beetle has a very large head and long, strong, falciform mandibles. Three spiny teeth are present on both lateral edges of prothorax.

Distribution

This species is widespread in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sudan, Chad and Togo.

Subspecies

  • Tithoes maculatus congolanus (Lameere, 1903)
  • Tithoes maculatus frontalis Harold, 1879
  • Tithoes maculatus maculatus (Fabricius, 1792)
  • Tithoes maculatus orientalis (Lameere, 1903)
  • Tithoes maculatus somalius (Lameere, 1903)
  • Tithoes maculatus yolofus (Dalman, 1817)

    • References

    Tithoes maculatus Wikipedia
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