Orthosoma
Sign in to saveOrthosoma is a genus of beetles in the family Cerambycidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species Orthosoma brunneum. The genus name Orthosoma was also previously used for a microsporidian genus. As the name is pre-occupied by this beetle genus, the name for the microsporidian has been changed to Orthosomella.
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Vinony's link graph records 1 inbound reference to Orthosoma, and connects out to Cerambycidae, Animalia and insect.
Vinony files it under Monotypic beetle genera, Prioninae and Taxonbars of monotypic genera missing species on Wikidata.
Vinony links it to 5 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- monotypic taxon
- Parent taxon
- Prionini
- Image
- Orthosoma brunneum - Brown Prionid - (a long-horned beetle species) (48244916956).jpg
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- taxon name
- Orthosoma
- taxon rank
- genus
- Commons category
- Orthosoma
- topic's main category
- Category:Orthosoma
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Orthosoma is a genus of beetles in the family Cerambycidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species Orthosoma brunneum. The genus name Orthosoma was also previously used for a microsporidian genus. As the name is pre-occupied by this beetle genus, the name for the microsporidian has been changed to Orthosomella.
== Description == Orthosoma brunneum has several spikes on their pronotum, characteristic of the genus. File:Orthosoma brunneum - Brown Prionid - (a long-horned beetle species) (48244917176).jpg|Front view File:Orthosoma brunneum - Brown Prionid - (a long-horned beetle species) (48245002742).jpg|Rear view
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