Phrissomides (singular Phrissoma) is a genus of longhorn beetles of the subfamily Lamiinae.[1]
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Containing the following species:
- Phrissoma crispum (Fabricius, 1776)
- Phrissoma reichei (Thomson, 1865)
- Phrissoma terricolum (Thomson, 1864)
Name edit
The term Phrissoma is formed from two Greek words, φρίσσω (phriso) which means "to be rough or uneven on the surface"[2] and σῶμα (soma) which means "body", and is applied to these insects because not only the thorax but the whole of the upper surface is covered with spikes.[3]
References edit
- ^ Biolib.cz - Phrissoma. Retrieved on 8 September 2014.
- ^ term φρίσσω, p. 1955
- ^ John George Wood (1874). Insects Abroad: Being a Popular Account of Foreign Insects, Their Structure, Habits, and Transformations. p. 245.