''Xynenon bondi'' 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 ...

, and the only species in the genus ''Xynenon''. It was described by

Francis Polkinghorne Pascoe Francis Polkinghorne Pascoe (1 September 1813 – 20 June 1893) was an English entomologist mainly interested in beetles. Biography He was born in Penzance, Cornwall and trained at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London. Appointed surgeon in the N ...

in 1859 and named after the entomologist

Frederick Bond Frederick Bond (22 February 1811 – 10 August 1889) was an English naturalist who was one of the founders of the journal ''The Zoologist''. He was a fellow of the Zoological Society of London, the Linnean Society of London and the Entomological S ...

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References

Pteropliini Beetles described in 1859 {{Pteropliini-stub