Entelopes shelfordi is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was named by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1923 based on a description and illustration by Robert Walter Campbell Shelford in 1902. It is known from Borneo.[2]

Entelopes shelfordi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cerambycidae
Genus: Entelopes
Species:
E. shelfordi
Binomial name
Entelopes shelfordi

Shelford wrote that this species mimicked the species Metrioidea apicalis in the family Galerucidae.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Aurivillius, Chr. (1923). "Entelopes Guér.". In Junk, W.; Schenkling, S. (eds.). Cerambycidae: Lamiinae II. Coleopterorm Catalogus. Vol. 74. Berlin: W. Junk. p. 492.
  2. ^ BioLib.cz - Entelopes shelfordi. Retrieved on 8 September 2014.
  3. ^ Shelford, R. (1902). "Observations on some Mimetic Insects and Spiders from Borneo and Singapore". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 2 (15): 244.

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