Rucentra smetanai
| Rucentra smetanai | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Cerambycidae |
| Genus: | Rucentra |
| Species: | R. smetanai
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| Binomial name | |
| Rucentra smetanai Hüdepohl in Hüdepohl & Smetana, 1992
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Rucentra smetanai is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae (longhorn beetles). It was described by German entomologist K.-E. Hüdepohl, in collaboration with Aleš Smetana, in 1992.[1] It is known from Borneo.[2]
Taxonomy
Rucentra smetanai belongs to the genus Rucentra, which is placed in the tribe Apomecynini within the subfamily Lamiinae of the family Cerambycidae.[2] The genus Rucentra contains approximately 10 species distributed across Asia, making it one of the 121 genera of Apomecynini known from the Asian region.[3]
The species epithet smetanai honours Czech–Canadian entomologist Aleš Smetana, who was co-author of the original 1992 description and is widely recognised for contributions to Coleoptera taxonomy, including his co-editorship of the Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera.[1]
Description
As a member of Cerambycidae, R. smetanai is a longhorn beetle, a group characterised by antennae that are typically as long as or longer than the body.[4] Longhorn beetles have antennal sockets located on low tubercles on the face, a defining feature of the family that distinguishes them from other beetles with elongated antennae.[4] Adult body lengths across the family range from 2 to 152 mm.[4]
As a member of tribe Apomecynini within the subfamily Lamiinae, R. smetanai belongs to a group characterised by small to moderate body size, divergent tarsal claws, and middle tibiae with a dorsal furrow.[5]
Distribution and habitat
Rucentra smetanai is known from Borneo, the third-largest island in the world, shared between Malaysia, Indonesia, and Brunei. Borneo is one of the major biodiversity hotspots in the world,[6] with over 1,300 longhorn beetle species catalogued from the island and more than 2,000 estimated to occur there.[7] The mountain ranges of north-eastern Borneo in particular host numerous endemic organisms,[6] reflecting the island's long history as a refugium for tropical forest biodiversity.
Ecology
Like other members of Cerambycidae, R. smetanai is expected to be a wood-boring insect in its larval stage. Cerambycid larvae typically develop within woody plant tissue, feeding and maturing inside the host before emerging as adults.[4] Adults of many cerambycid species feed on sap, pollen, or nectar.[8] The tropical rainforests of Borneo support extraordinarily high cerambycid diversity owing to tree species richness and the complexity of the forest structure.[9]
References
- ^ a b Hüdepohl, K.-E.; Smetana, A. (1992). "Rucentra smetanai sp. nov. [original description]". Entomologische Zeitschrift. 102 (5): 123–126.
- ^ a b "BioLib.cz – Rucentra smetanai". BioLib.cz. Retrieved 2026-03-06.
- ^ "Lamiaires du Monde – Rucentra of Asia". Lamiines of the World. Retrieved 2026-03-06.
- ^ a b c d "Long-horned beetle". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 2026-03-06.
- ^ Mukhopadhyay, P. (1992). "Tribe Apomecynini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae) from India". Records of the Zoological Survey of India. 92 (1–4): 161–172.
- ^ a b Gabriš, R.; Kundrata, R.; Trnka, F. (2016). "Review of Dolichostyrax Aurivillius (Cerambycidae, Lamiinae) in Borneo, with descriptions of three new genera and the first case of (ovo)viviparity in the long-horned beetles". ZooKeys. 587: 49–75. doi:10.3897/zookeys.587.7961. PMC 4926708.
- ^ Sataral, M. (2021). "Biodiversity and Spatiotemporal Variation of Longhorn Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in Tropical Forest of Thailand". Insects. 12 (1): 45. doi:10.3390/insects12010045. PMC 7827077.
- ^ "Cerambycidae – Longhorn Beetles". Bumblebee.org. Retrieved 2026-03-06.
- ^ Bílý (2013). "Tree Diversity Mediates the Distribution of Longhorn Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in a Changing Tropical Landscape (Southern Yunnan, SW China)". PLOS ONE. 8 (9) e75481. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0075481. PMC 3777904.