Macrodontia (genus)
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Macrodontia Lepeletier & Audinet-Serville
Jean Guillaume Audinet-Serville
Jean Guillaume Audinet-Serville was a French entomologist, born on November 11, 1775 in Paris. He died on March 27 , 1858 in La Ferté-sous-Jouarre....

, 1830 is a genus of American
Americas
The Americas, or America , are lands in the Western hemisphere, also known as the New World. In English, the plural form the Americas is often used to refer to the landmasses of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions, while the singular form America is primarily...

 long-horned beetles of the subfamily Prioninae
Prioninae
Prioninae are a subfamily of Cerambycidae . They are typically large and usually brown or black. The males of a few genera sport large mandibles that are used in fights with other males, similar to stag beetles. These beetles are commonly nocturnal and are attracted to light...

, tribe Macrodontiini.

Description

The body size is large or even giant. The body is flattened, opaque, all brown or orange with longitudinal black strips.

The males typically have enormous jaws, from which it derives its name Macrodontia, that is "large tooth".

On the contrary, the antennae are relatively short with respect to many other cerambycids.

Distribution

The genus is original from South America
South America
South America is a continent situated in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. The continent is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east...

, but the 11 known species range from Guatemala
Guatemala
Guatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast...

 to Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

.

Macrodontia includes the following species:
  • Macrodontia batesi Lameere, 1912
  • Macrodontia castroi Marazzi, 2008
  • Macrodontia cervicornis
    Macrodontia cervicornis
    Macrodontia cervicornis is the largest and best-known member of this genus of long-horned beetles. This species is sometimes considered the second longest among all beetles, with known specimens exceeding 17 cm in length...

    (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Macrodontia crenata (Olivier, 1795)
  • Macrodontia dejeani Gory, 1839
  • Macrodontia flavipennis Chevrolat, 1833
  • Macrodontia itayensis Simoëns, 2006
  • Macrodontia jolyi Bleuzen, 1994
  • Macrodontia marechali Bleuzen, 1990
  • Macrodontia mathani Pouillaude, 1915
  • Macrodontia zischkai Tippmann, 1960

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