Familia	Cerambycidae (Latreille, 1802)
Subfamilia	Prioninae (Latreille, 1802)
Tribus	Mallaspini (Thomson, 1860)
Genus	Mallaspis (Audinet-Serville, 1832)
Subgenus
Species	scutellaris (Olivier, 1795)
Synonyms	buckleyi (Waterhouse, 1880)
other names	Prionus scutellaris (Olivier, 1795) Pyrodes Mallaspis scutellaris (Castelnau, 1840) Mallaspis buckleyi (Waterhouse, 1880) Pyrodes scutellaris (Lameere, 1909)
Lifezones:	West hemisphere
Body length:	34-72 mm
Life cycle:
Host plant:
Distribution:	Venezuela, Colombia, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Peru, Brazil (Pará, Mato Grosso, C Amazonas), Bolivia (Santa Cruz), Ecuador (E)
Occurrence:	I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII