Pelargoderus rubropunctatus

Pelargoderus rubropunctatus is a species of beetle belonging to Lamiini tribe of the longhorn beetle family, Cerambycidae, first described in 1831 by Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville as Lamia rubropunctatus.^[2][3]

Pelargoderus rubropunctatus
Pelargoderus rubropunctatus from New Guinea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Cerambycidae
Subfamily:	Lamiinae
Genus:	Pelargoderus
Species:	P. rubropunctatus
Binomial name
Pelargoderus rubropunctatus (Guérin-Méneville, 1838)
Synonyms[1]
Paragnoma acuminipennis Saperda rubropunctata Guérin, 1838 Pelargoderus arouensis (Thomson) Auct. Lamia rubropunctatus Guérin-Méneville, 1838

Description

Pelargoderus rubropunctatus can reach a length of about 30 millimetres (1.2 in).

Distribution

This species can be found in Moluccas (Aru Islands, Kai Islands), New Guinea and Australia (Queensland).^[4]