Orthosoma

Orthosoma is a genus of beetles in the family Cerambycidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species Orthosoma brunneum.[1] The genus name Orthosoma was also previously used for a microsporidian genus. As the name is pre-occupied by this beetle genus, the name for the microsporidian has been changed to Orthosomella.[2]

Orthosoma brunneum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Cerambycidae
Subfamily: Prioninae
Tribe: Prionini
Genus: Orthosoma
Drapiez, 1842
Species:
O. brunneum
Binomial name
Orthosoma brunneum
(Forster, 1771)
Synonyms

(Genus)

  • Orthosomus Drapiez 1842

(Species)

  • Orthosoma amplians Casey, 1912
  • Orthosoma cylindricus (Fabricius, 1781)
  • Orthosoma cylindroides (Gmelin, 1790)
  • Orthosoma pennsylvanicus (De Geer, 1775)
  • Orthosoma spadix Casey, 1912
  • Orthosoma sulcatus (Olivier, 1795)
  • Orthosoma unicolor (Drury, 1773)

Description

Orthosoma brunneum has several spikes on their pronotum, characteristic of the genus.

  • Front view
    Front view
  • Rear view
    Rear view

References
  1. Bezark, Larry G. A Photographic Catalog of the Cerambycidae of the World Archived 2013-08-27 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 22 May 2012.
  2. Becnel, J. J., Takvorian, P. M., & Cali, A. (2014). Checklist of available generic names for Microsporidia with type species and type hosts. Microsporidia: Pathogens of Opportunity, First Edition, 671-686.

Further reading
  • Arnett, R.H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
  • Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
  • Monné, Miguel A., and Edmund F. Giesbert (1995). Checklist of the Cerambycidae and Disteniidae (Coleoptera) of the Western Hemisphere, 2nd ed., xiv + 420.
  • Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.


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