Petrognatha gigas

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Cucujiformia
Cladus: Phytophaga
Superfamilia: Chrysomeloidea

Familia: Cerambycidae
Subfamilia: Lamiinae
Tribus: Petrognathini
Genus: Petrognatha
Species: Petrognatha gigas
Name

Petrognatha gigas (Fabricius, 1793)

Type locality: Guinea.
Holotype: ex collection Joseph Banks; The Natural History Museum, London.

Synonyms

Lamia gigas Fabricius, 1793: 265 (Original combination)
Cerambyx gigas (Fabricius, 1793), nec Cerambyx gigas Fabricius, 1787
Omacantha gigas (Fabricius, 1793)
PPetrognatha gigas var. spinosa Kolbe, 1894
Type locality: Cameroon: Kamerun, Kamerungebirge, bei Bwea.
Syntypes: ♂♂ + ♀♀; leg. Paul Preuss; Museum für Naturkunde - Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Berlin.
Petrognatha spinosissima Zarco García, 1921
Type locality: Equatorial Guinea, île de Bioko (Fernando Poo), Santa Isabel.
Holotype: ♂; leg. Manuel Martínez de la Escalera y Pérez de Rozas; 1919-08-11; Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid.

References
Primary references

Fabricius, J.C. 1792. Entomologia systematica emendata et aucta. Secundum classes, ordines, genera, species adjectis synonimis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Tomus I. Pars 2. Hafniae: C.G. Proft, 538 pp. BHL PDF Reference page.

Links

Tavakilian, G. & Chevillotte, H.: Petrognatha gigas. TITAN: Cerambycidae database. Reference page. accessed 2021-10-11.