genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
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longhorn beetle
The longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae), also known as long-horned or longicorns, are a large family of beetles, with over 35,000 species described. Most species are characterized by extremely long antennae, which are often as long as or longer than ...
s of the subfamily
Lamiinae
Lamiinae, commonly called flat-faced longhorns, are a subfamily of the longhorn beetle family (Cerambycidae). The subfamily includes over 750 genera, rivaled in diversity within the family only by the subfamily Cerambycinae
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Containing the following species:
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Phrissoma crispum
''Phrissoma crispum'' is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1776. It is known from South Africa.Phrissoma reichei'' (Thomson, 1865)
* '' Phrissoma terricolum'' (Thomson, 1864)
Name
The term Phrissoma is formed from two Greek words, φÏίσσω (phriso) which means "to be rough or uneven on the surface" and σῶμα (soma) which means "body", and is applied to these insects because not only the thorax but the whole of the upper surface is covered with spikes.