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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Cucujiformia
Cladus: Phytophaga
Superfamilia: Chrysomeloidea

Familia: Cerambycidae
Subfamilia: Cerambycinae
Tribus: Clytini
Genus: Placosternus
Species (4): P. crinicornis – P. difficilis – P. erythropus – P. guttatus
Name

Placosternus Hopping, 1937

Mesquite Borer (Placosternus erythropus)

Placosternus erythropus

References

Hopping 1937: Ann. ent. Soc. Amer., 30, 447.

Placosternus is a genus of beetles in the family Cerambycidae, containing the following species:[1]

Placosternus crinicornis (Chevrolat, 1860)
Placosternus difficilis (Chevrolat, 1862)
Placosternus erythropus (Chevrolat, 1835)
Placosternus guttatus (Chevrolat, 1860)

References

Bezark, Larry G. A Photographic Catalog of the Cerambycidae of the World Archived 2013-08-27 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 22 May 2012.

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