Retrachydes

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{{Taxobox

| name = Retrachydes thoracicus

| image = Cerambycidae - Retrachydes thoracicus.JPG

| image_width = 250px

| image_caption = Retrachydes thoracicus

| regnum = Animalia

| phylum = Arthropoda

| classis = Insecta

| ordo = Coleoptera

| subordo = Polyphaga

| familia = Cerambycidae

| genus = Retrachydes

| species = R. thoracicus

| binomial = Retrachydes thoracicus

| binomial_authority = (Olivier, 1790)

}}

Retrachydes thoracicus is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae, the only species in the genus Retrachydes.

Description

Retrachydes thoracicus can reach a length of {{convert|16.5|-|33|mm}}.Tavakilian, G. & Chevillotte, H. [http://lully.snv.jussieu.fr/titan/sel_genann1.php?numero=6977&nom_correct=0 Titan: base de données internationales sur les Cerambycidae ou Longicorn] This species has a transversely gibbous pronotum and orange-banded long antennae. Body is densely pubescent.[https://beetlesinthebush.wordpress.com/2012/03/22/retrachydes-thoracicus-times-four/ Beetles in the bush]

Distribution

This species is present in South America (Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay and Bolivia).Bezark, Larry G. [https://apps2.cdfa.ca.gov/publicApps/plant/bycidDB/wresults.asp?w=n A Photographic Catalog of the Cerambycidae of the World][http://www.cerambycoidea.com/foto.asp?Id=197 Cerambycoidea]

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Category:Trachyderini

Category:Beetles described in 1790

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