| Xixuthrus | |
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| Xixuthrus heros | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Cerambycidae |
| Subfamily: | Prioninae |
| Tribe: | Macrotomini |
| Genus: | Xixuthrus Thomson, 1877 |
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| Synonyms | |
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Xixuthrus is a small genus of long-horned beetles, found primarily on Pacific islands, including Indonesia, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and Fiji, and contains some of the largest living insect species, the giant Fijian long-horned beetle and the Taveuni beetle. These beetles have powerful jaws, and should be handled with care when alive. No scientists have yet seen a larva of this genus, although in Fiji, where three different species occur, the natives consider them to be a rare and special delicacy.[1]
- ^ Yanega, Douglas; Olson, David; Shute, Sharon & Ziro, Komiya (2004). "The Xixuthrus species of Fiji (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Prioninae)". Zootaxa. 777 (1): 1–10. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.777.1.1.