Praxithea Javetii
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''Praxithea javetii'' 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 Chabrillac in 1857. The holotypes were collected in Brazil.


Description

This beetle has brown elytra with short spines on the neds. The antennae are longer than the body and the male has short spines at the end of each segment. The thorax is mottled brown and black.https://apps2.cdfa.ca.gov/publicApps/plant/bycidDB/wdetails.asp?id=5849&w=n Cerambycidae Catalogue Search with photos of holotypes Retrieved on 31 Jan 2015


References

Torneutini Beetles described in 1857 Beetles of South America {{Cerambycinae-stub