Phrissomides (singular Phrissoma) is a genus of longhorn beetles of the subfamily Lamiinae.Biolib.cz - Phrissoma. Retrieved on 8 September 2014.
Containing the following species:
Phrissoma crispum (Fabricius, 1776) Phrissoma reichei (Thomson, 1865) Phrissoma terricolum (Thomson, 1864)
Name The term Phrissoma is formed from two Greek words, φρίσσω (phriso) which means "to be rough or uneven on the surface"term φρίσσω, p. 1955 and σῶμα (soma) which means "body", and is applied to these insects because not only the thorax but the whole of the upper surface is covered with spikes.
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