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Scalenus
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Scalenus is an Old World genus of round-necked longhorn beetles of the subfamily Cerambycinae.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderColeoptera
  5. FamilyCerambycidae
Observations recorded21

via GBIF

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Cerambycidae
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Scalenus ysmaeli (12858760073).jpg
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taxon name
Scalenus
taxon rank
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Category:Scalenus
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Scalenus
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Encyclopedic overview

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Scalenus is an Old World genus of round-necked longhorn beetles of the subfamily Cerambycinae.

thumb|left|upright|In his 1889 book Darwinism (book)|Darwinism, [[Alfred Russel Wallace discusses Batesian mimicry with a plate of a Scalenus species (S. fasciatipennis) that closely mimics a wasp.]]

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