''Placosternus'' is a genus 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 ...
s in the family
Cerambycidae, containing the following species:
[Bezark, Larry G]
A Photographic Catalog of the Cerambycidae of the World
. Retrieved on 22 May 2012.
* ''
Placosternus crinicornis''
(Chevrolat, 1860)
* ''
Placosternus difficilis
''Placosternus difficilis'', commonly known as the mesquite borer, is a wood-boring longhorn beetle which resembles a black and yellow wasp. Larvae of mesquite borers are deposited in, among others, mesquite trees, although it has been recorded ...
''
(Chevrolat, 1862)
* ''
Placosternus erythropus''
(Chevrolat, 1835)
* ''
Placosternus guttatus''
(Chevrolat, 1860)
References
Clytini
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