Ochraethes confusus
| Ochraethes confusus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Cerambycidae |
| Genus: | Ochraethes |
| Species: | O. confusus
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| Binomial name | |
| Ochraethes confusus Perez-Flores & Toledo-Hernandez, 2022
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Ochraethes confusus is a species of beetle of the family Cerambycidae. It is found in Mexico (Puebla, Oaxaca, Chiapas, Tabasco).
Description
[edit]Adults reach a length of about 15.15 mm. The head, thorax, elytra, abdominal ventrites I–III and basal half of IV are integument black, while the antennae, palpi, legs, posterior half of abdominal ventrite IV and abdominal ventrite V range from reddish brown to dark orange.
Etymology
[edit]The species name is derived from Latin confusus (meaning confused) and refers to the irregular pattern of black pubescence on the elytra, which is similar to that of other species of the genus.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Part of this text is from “Species delimitation in the genus Ochraethes Chevrolat, 1860 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), with description of two new species” by Óscar Pérez-Flores, Víctor H. Toledo-Hernández. This article is licensed under the [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ CC BY 4.0 license