''Scapanopygus cinereus'' 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 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 ...

, the only species in the genus ''Scapanopygus''. Both the genus and species were described in 1913 by French entomologist Pierre-Émile Gounelle. The

type specimen In biology, a type is a particular wiktionary:en:specimen, specimen (or in some cases a group of specimens) of an organism to which the scientific name of that organism is formally attached. In other words, a type is an example that serves to a ...

was collected from

Averías Averías is a municipality and village in the General Taboada department, province of Santiago del Estero Province in Argentina. It is located approximately 229 km from the provincial capital city of Santiago del Estero. Averías had 162 inh ...

, a municipality in Argentina, on the banks of the Salado River. In 2005, Monné and Napp transferred the genera '' Ranqueles'' and ''Scapanopygus'' to the tribe

Bothriospilini Bothriospilini is a tribe of beetles in the subfamily Cerambycinae. The tribe was proposed in 1950 by Brazilian entomologist Frederico Lane as a member of the new subfamily Bothriospilinae, and with '' Bothriospila'' assigned as the type genus. T ...

based on

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analysis.

References

Bothriospilini Beetle genera Beetles described in 1913 Monotypic Cerambycidae genera {{Cerambycinae-stub