Spondylis buprestoides

Spondylis buprestoides is bark and wood-boring beetle from the genus Spondylis.[1] These beetles are shiny black and have a cylindrical shape and have large mandibles.[2]

Spondylis buprestoides
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cerambycidae
Genus: Spondylis
Species:
S. buprestoides
Binomial name
Spondylis buprestoides
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Range

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According to observations of the species aggregated on GBIF, this beetle can be found in almost all of Europe. They have also been observed in South Korea and Japan.[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ Porterfield, Andrew (2018-01-11). "Domestic Sea Trade Aids Wood-Boring Beetles' Range Expansion". Entomology Today. Retrieved 2022-12-21.
  2. ^ Miquel, M. E. (Marc M. A. U. (2004). Spondylis buprestoides (Linnaeus 1758) (Col.: Cerambycidae) found near a timber merchant in the Orpington area (Kent). Entomologist’s Record and Journal of Variation, 116(5), 233–234. Retrieved from https://biostor.org/reference/185700
  3. ^ Spondylis buprestoides (Linnaeus, 1758) in GBIF Secretariat (2019). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2020-10-11.
  4. ^ Bates, H. (1873). On the Longicorn Coleoptera of Japan. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, London (4), 12, 380–390. Retrieved from https://biostor.org/reference/71949