Coptocercus crucigerus

Coptocercus crucigerus is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae (the long-horned beetles),^[2] first described by Frederick William Hope in 1842 as Stenochorus cruciger,^[3] from a specimen collected in Port Essington (Darwin).^[1] In 1929, Herbert James Carter assigned the species to the genus Coptocercus, and also synonymised it with Phoracantha polita Pascoe, 1863.^[4][5]

Coptocercus crucigerus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Cerambycidae
Genus:	Coptocercus
Species:	C. crucigerus
Binomial name
Coptocercus crucigerus (Hope, 1842)
Synonyms[1]
Stenochorus cruciger Hope, 1842 Phoracantha polita Pascoe, 1863

Distribution

C. crucigerus is native to Australia, occurring in the Northern Territory,^[1] Queensland and New South Wales.^[6][7] Wang states that it is found in the Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia, and Papua New Guinea.^[5]