Murosternum pulchellum

Murosternum pulchellum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Cerambycidae
Genus: Murosternum
Species:
M. pulchellum
Binomial name
Murosternum pulchellum
(Dalman, 1817)
Synonyms
  • Lamia pulchella Dalman, 1817

Murosternum pulchellum is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Dalman in 1817, originally under the genus Lamia. It is known from the Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Togo. It contains the varietas Murosternum pulchellum var. dalmanni.[1]

Subspecies

  • Murosternum pulchellum pulchellum (Dalman, 1817)
  • Murosternum pulchellum viridescens Breuning, 1970

References

  1. ^ BioLib.cz - Murosternum pulchellum. Retrieved on 8 September 2014.