title: Dorcacerus
text: # Dorcacerus
  
  Dorcacerus barbatus is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae, the only species in the genus Dorcacerus.
  
  ## Description
  
  Dorcacerus barbatus can reach a length of 26–33 millimetres (1.0–1.3 in). In males antennae are longer than the body.
  
  It feeds on Prosopis flexuosa (Leguminosae) and on the invasive weed Lantana camara (Verbenaceae) ad it is considered as a potential biocontrol agent.
  
  ## Distribution
  
  This species can be found in forests of Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Suriname, French Guiana, Guyana, Bolivia, Paraguay and Argentina.
  
  