''Taygayba venezuelensis'' 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 ''Taygayba''. Both the genus and species were described in 1998 by Brazilian entomologists Ubirajara Ribeiro Martins and Maria Helena Mainieri Galileo. As its species epithet suggests, the beetle is found in Venezuela.

References

Bothriospilini Beetles of South America Beetles described in 1998 Monotypic Cerambycidae genera {{Cerambycinae-stub