Familia	Cerambycidae (Latreille, 1802)
Subfamilia	Prioninae (Latreille, 1802)
Tribus	Macrotomini (Thomson, 1860)
Genus	Basitoxus (Audinet-Serville, 1832)
Subgenus
Species	megacephalus (Germar, 1824)
Synonyms	armatus (Audinet-Serville, 1832)
other names	Prionus megacephalus (Germar, 1824) Basitoxus armatus (Audinet-Serville, 1832) Basitoxus armatus (Chenu, 1870) Mallodon megacephalus (Guérin, 1839) Stenodontes Basitoxus armatus (Castelnau, 1840) Basitoxus Basitoxus megacephalus (Lameere, 1903)
Lifezones:	West hemisphere
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Distribution:	Brazil (E Bahia - Rio de Janeiro)
Occurrence:	I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII