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| image = Priotyrannus_mordax_._Kemmangundi_,_taken_23_August_2022.jpg<br />
| image_caption = Male of the typical form from Kemmangundi, Karnataka<br />
| parent_authority = Thomson, 1857<br />
| genus = Priotyrannus<br />
| species = mordax<br />
| authority = (White 1853)<br />
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'''''Priotyrannus mordax''''' is a species of long-horned beetle in the subfamily [[Prioninae]] endemic to the forests of southern India.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Gahan |first=C.J. |date=1889 |title=LIII.—Note on the variation of the mandibles in the males and descriptions of the females of the Prionidous genera Priotyrannus and Cacosceles | journal=Annals and Magazine of Natural History |volume=4 |issue=23 |pages=374–376 |doi=10.1080/00222938909460546 |issn=0374-5481|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19301866}}</ref> <br />
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The females have the 11-segmented antennae shorter than the length of the body and the mandibles are not curved. Some individuals have reddish coloured elytra (and termed as variety ''rufescens'') while others have the elytra dark brown. The mandibles of the male are found in two forms, the usual is a long and curved to form a heart shaped space when the tips meet and with one large and a few smaller teeth near the apex. The other form resembles the mandibles of the female with the inner edges of the mandible touching each other with no space in between and toothed all along the inner edge.<ref>{{cite book| url= https://archive.org/details/coleopteraceramb01gahaiala/page/21/mode/1up|pages=21-22| author= Gahan, C.J.| year=1906| title=Fauna of British India. Coleoptera. Volume I. (Cerambycidae). |publisher=Taylor and Francis| place= London}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [https://prioninae.eu/taxonomy/priotyrannus/mordax Specimen]<br />
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