Metaleptus batesi

Horn, 1885

Metaleptus batesi is a of longhorn beetle (Cerambycidae) described by George Henry Horn in 1885. The specific epithet 'batesi' honors Henry Walter Bates, the English naturalist who first described while studying butterflies in Brazilian rainforests. The Metaleptus belongs to the tribe Trachyderini within the Cerambycinae. Very few documented observations of this species exist in public databases.

Pronunciation

How to pronounce Metaleptus batesi: /mɛtəˈlɛptəs ˈbeɪtsi/

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Distribution

Recorded from Middle America and North America, with specific country records from Mexico (MX) and the United States (US).

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Etymology

The specific epithet 'batesi' honors Henry Walter Bates (1825–1892), the English naturalist and explorer who proposed the theory of based on his observations of butterflies in the Amazon rainforest.

Data scarcity

As of current records, only two observations of this are documented in iNaturalist, indicating it is either genuinely rare, under-collected, or difficult to detect in the field.