Deucalion oceanicum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Cerambycidae
Subfamily: Lamiinae
Genus: Deucalion
Wollaston, 1854
Species:
D. oceanicum
Binomial name
Deucalion oceanicum
Wollaston, 1854

Deucalion oceanicum is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae and the only species in the genus Deucalion. It is endemic to the Savage Islands. The species and genus were described by Thomas Vernon Wollaston in 1854.[1]

Distribution and habitat

This species is currently known to live only on the smallest island of the archipelago, Fora Islet. Living almost entirely off of shrubs of Euphorbia anachoreta, also endemic to the Portuguese islet.[2]

Description

It measures around 9 to 14 mm (0.35 to 0.55 in) and has antennae shorter than the body.[2]

References

  1. "Deucalion oceanicum". BioLib.
  2. 1 2 Jiří Krátký; António Miguel Franquinho Aguiar. "A new Lamiine longhorn-beetle from Madeira and the key to the Macaronesian Parmenini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)". Museu de História Natural do Funchal. Retrieved September 27, 2020.


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