Timberman beetle
Timberman beetle | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Cerambycidae |
Subfamily: | Lamiinae |
Genus: | Acanthocinus |
Species: | A. aedilis |
Binomial name | |
Acanthocinus aedilis (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
The timberman beetle (Acanthocinus aedilis) is a beetle found in woodlands in Europe, Russia and Central Asia. The antennae of the males are four and a half times the length of their bodies and are extended, in a manner resembling calipers, when the male alights on the felled trunks of pines - a habit which has led to the name of "timberman".
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References
Insect Natural History, A.D.Imms, Collins, 1973
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