{{short description|Species of beetle}} {{Speciesbox | image = Monochamus ruspator (50867840237).jpg | taxon = Monochamus ruspator | authority = (Fabricius, 1781) | synonyms = * ''Cerambyx ruspator'' <small>(Fabricius) Gmelin, 1790</small> * ''Lamia nubifer'' <small>Gyllenhal, 1817</small> * ''Lamia ruspator'' <small>Fabricius, 1781</small> * ''Monochamus gabonicus'' <small>Thomson, 1858</small> * ''Murzinia karatauensis'' <small>Lazarev, 2011</small> }}
'''''Monochamus ruspator''''' is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1781, originally under the genus ''Lamia''. It has a wide distribution throughout Africa, and is also present in Kazakhstan.<ref name=biolib/>
The species ''Murzinia karatauensis'' was described from Kazakhstan in 2011, but was later determined to be a synonym of ''Monochamus ruspator''. It was found in Kzyl-Orda Region, Chiili District, North Karatau Ridge, Daut Mountain.<ref name=Lazarev_2011/><ref name=gbif/>
==Subspecies== * ''Monochamus ruspator ruandae'' <small>Breuning, 1955</small> * ''Monochamus ruspator ruspator'' <small>(Fabricius, 1781)</small>
==Varietas== * ''Monochamus ruspator var. basalis'' <small>(Chevrolat, 1857)</small> * ''Monochamus ruspator var. dentipes'' <small>(Gyllenhal, 1817)</small>
thumb| left| upright| ''Murzinia karatauensis'' <small>Lazarev, 2011</small> (Holotype, female)
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=gbif> {{Cite web| title=GBIF, ''Murzinia'' | url=https://www.gbif.org/species/6265953 | access-date=2025-01-13 }}</ref>
<ref name=Lazarev_2011> {{Cite journal| title = ''Murzinia karatauensis'' n. gen., n. sp. (Coleoptera: Cermbycidae: Lamiini: Monochamini) from Kazakhstan | last1 = Lazarev| first1 = M.A.| year = 2011 | issn = 1306-3022| journal = Munis Entomology & Zoology| volume = 6| issue = 2| pages = 639–641 | url = http://www.munisentzool.org/yayin/vol6/issue2/639-641.pdf| access-date=2025-01-13| doi = 10.5281/zenodo.6477755 }}</ref>
<ref name=biolib>[https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id253499/ BioLib.cz - ''Monochamus ruspator'']. Retrieved on 13 January 2025.</ref> }}
==External links== * {{inaturalist taxon|490181}} * {{commons-inline}} * {{aut|Tavakilian, G. & Chevillotte, H.}}: [http://titan.gbif.fr/index.html TITAN: Cerambycidae database].
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ruspator Category:Beetles described in 1781
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