''Cereopsius praetorius'' is a species of

beetle Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...

in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by

Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson Dr Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson (26 November 1809 in Stralsund – 18 December 1848 in Berlin) was a trained medical doctor and a German entomologist. He was the author of many articles about insects mainly in ''Archiv für Naturgeschichte''. When w ...

in 1842, originally under the genus '' Lamia''. It is known from the

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.BioLib.cz - ''Cereopsius praetorius''
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Varieties

* ''Cereopsius praetorius'' var. ''elpenor'' Pascoe, 1862 * ''Cereopsius praetorius'' var. ''flavescens'' Breuning, 1944 * ''Cereopsius praetorius'' var. ''transitivus'' Breuning, 1944

References

Cereopsius Beetles described in 1842 {{Lamiini-stub