Familia	Cerambycidae (Latreille, 1802)
Subfamilia	Prioninae (Latreille, 1802)
Tribus	Callipogonini (Thomson, 1860)
Genus	Ctenoscelis (Audinet-Serville, 1832)
Subgenus
Species	ater (Olivier, 1795)
Synonyms	forceps (Voet, 1778) major (Dejean, 1837)
other names	Prionus ater (Olivier, 1795) Armiger forceps (Voet, 1778) Ctenoscelis major (Dejean, 1837) Ctenoscelis Ctenoscelis atra (Lameere, 1904) Ctenoscelis atra (Lameere, 1912) Ctenoscelis Ctenoscelis ater (Monné, 1995)
Lifezones:	West hemisphere
Body length:	50-90 mm
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Distribution:	Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil (N Amapá)
Occurrence:	I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII