Hylotrupes bajulus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Suborder: | Polyphaga |
Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
Family: | Cerambycidae |
Subfamily: | Cerambycinae |
Tribe: | Hylotrupini |
Genus: | Hylotrupes Audinet-Serville, 1834 |
Species: | H. bajulus
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Binomial name | |
Hylotrupes bajulus |
Hylotrupes is a monotypic genus of woodboring beetles in the family Cerambycidae, the longhorn beetles. The sole species, Hylotrupes bajulus, is known by several common names, including house longhorn beetle, old house borer,[1] and European house borer.[2] In South Africa it also is known as the Italian beetle because of infested packing cases that had come from Italy.[3] Hylotrupes is the only genus in the tribe Hylotrupini.