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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Long-horned and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Longhorned Beetles (Cerambycidae) » Prioninae » Prionini » Prionus » Subgenus Neopolyarthron (Prionus Subgenus Neopolyarthron) » Tile-horned Prionus (Prionus imbricornis)
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Prionus Beetle - Prionus imbricornis - female
Copyright © 2007 Lew Scharpf

Prionus Beetle - Prionus imbricornis - Female
Auburn, Lee County, Alabama, USA
May 14, 2007
Size: 50 mm
Would like a confirmatory ID of this beetle. I believe it is a Tile-horned Prionus (Prionus imbricornis). It appears to be a male.
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Contributed by Lew Scharpf on 26 May, 2007 - 2:15pm
Last updated 4 June, 2007 - 11:40am

looks right
Prionus imbricornis (Linnaeus) but a female - males are smaller and have more elaborate antenna.
… Phillip Harpootlian, 4 June, 2007 - 11:36am login or register to post comments

 
Looks Right
Thanks, Phillip, for the correction on the sex.
… Lew Scharpf, 4 June, 2007 - 1:45pm login or register to post comments

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