Familia	Cerambycidae (Latreille, 1802)
Subfamilia	Prioninae (Latreille, 1802)
Tribus	Meroscelisini (Thomson, 1860)
Genus	Meroscelisus (Audinet-Serville, 1832)
Subgenus
Species	apicalis (White, 1853)
Synonyms	violaceus (Audinet-Serville, 1832)
other names
Lifezones:	West hemisphere
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Distribution:	Brazil (S Espírito Santo - Santa Catarina)
Occurrence:	I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII