Prionus coriarius

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
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• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,500 meters (0 to 8,202 feet).[1]

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Armiger ballista Voet • Armiger hussarus germanicus Voet • Cerambyx coriarius Gmelin • Cerambyx coriarius Linn • Prionus coriarius Mari • Prionus coriarius Renaudi

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Similar Species

Members of the genus Prionus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 2 species and subspecies in this genus:

P. californicus (California Prionus) · P. coriarius (Sawing Support Beetle)

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Further Reading

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Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
• Cerambycidae database 2006.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 05, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 6 providers.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
• TITAN: Cerambycidae database. Release date: May 25, 2009
• Tavakilian, Gerard (from TITAN).

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 05, 2008:

• Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen: Biologiezentrum Linz
• European Environment Agency: EUNIS
• Forest Research Institute, Department of Natural Forests: Coleoptera of Białowieża Forest
• Forest Research Institute, Department of Natural Forests: Coleoptera of Biebrza National Park.
• Forest Research Institute, Department of Natural Forests: Coleoptera of Kozienice Forest.
• Forest Research Institute, Department of Natural Forests: Coleoptera of Tuchola Forest and Tuchola Forest National Park.
• GBIF-Sweden: Bugs (GBIF-SE:Artdatabanken)
• Jyväskylä University Museum - The Section of Natural Sciences: Invertebrate collection of Jyvaskyla University Museum
• SysTax: Lobbecke Museum Dusseldorf
• UK National Biodiversity Network: Biological Records Centre - Cerambycidae Dataset

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Cer-8577
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 5376337
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 586462

Footnotes

1. Mean = 357.270 meters (1,172.146 feet), Standard Deviation = 451.230 based on 398 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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