Tragidion coquus

Tragidion coquus is a species of longhorn beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It is found in North America.^[1][2]

Tragidion coquus
Tragidion coquus, Colorado
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Cerambycidae
Genus:	Tragidion
Species:	T. coquus
Binomial name
Tragidion coquus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Cerambyx coquus Linnaeus, 1758 Callidium lynceum Fabricius, 1775 Callidium fulvipenne Say, 1823 Cerambyx (Purpuricenus) Melsheimeri Germar, 1824 Tragidion coquus filicorne Casey, 1912 Tragidion fulvipenne nubifer Casey, 1912 Tragidion fulvipenne levipes Casey, 1912 Tragidion apicatum Casey, 1912

Tragidion coquus, Kansas

Individuals of this species have a black head and pronotum, with highly variable amounts of orange on the elytra, ranging from almost completely orange to black.^[3]

Tragidion coquus was described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. The specific epithet is sometimes misspelled as "coquum", but it is a noun^[4] and must retain the spelling "coquus" under the ICZN.^[5]