Plagionotus arcuatus

Plagionotus arcuatus
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Cerambycidae
Genus:	Plagionotus
Species:	P. arcuatus
Binomial name
Plagionotus arcuatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Plagionotus arcuatus is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae.[2] It exhibits Batesian mimicry, visually resembling a wasp of the genus Vespula.

Taxonomy

Plagionotus arcuatus contains the following varieties/subspecies:

• Plagionotus arcuatus var. descarpentriesi[3]
• Plagionotus arcuatus var. pseudoreichei[4]
• Plagionotus arcuatus var. stupidus[5]
• Plagionotus arcuatus ghidottii[6] Pesarini & Sabbadini, 2011
• Plagionotus arcuatus kirgizicus Lazarev, 2010
• Plagionotus arcuatus lugubris (Ménétriés, 1832)
• Plagionotus arcuatus multiinterruptus Pic, 1933
• Plagionotus arcuatus shirazensis Królik et al., 2021[7]

References

1. Nieto, A.; Mannerkoski, I.; Tykarski, P.; Mason, F.; Dodelin, B. & Tezcan, S. (2010). "Plagionotus arcuatus (Europe assessment)". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T157620A5109420. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
2. "Plagionotus arcuatus". iNaturalist.
3. "Plagionotus arcuatus descarpentriesi". iNaturalist.
4. "Plagionotus arcuatus pseudoreichei". iNaturalist.
5. "Plagionotus arcuatus stupidus". iNaturalist.
6. "Plagionotus arcuatus ghidottii". iNaturalist.
7. Roman Królik; Lech Kruszelnicki; Andrzej Lason & Marcin Walczak (March 2021). "Notes on the subspecies of Plagionotus arcuatus (Linnaeus, 1758) with description of a new subspecies from Iran (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)". Zootaxa. 4942 (4): 558–568. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4942.4.4.