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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) » Flower Longhorns (Lepturinae) » Desmocerini » Elderberry Longhorn Beetles (Desmocerus)

Genus Desmocerus - Elderberry Longhorn Beetles

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Print References · Works Cited
Elderberry Borer Beetle - Desmocerus palliatus Elderberry Borer - Desmocerus palliatus Elder Borer - Desmocerus palliatus Elder Borer Taking Flight - Desmocerus palliatus Desmocerus palliatus Unknown Longhorn Beetle - Desmocerus aureipennis Elder Borer - Desmocerus palliatus Elderberry Longhorn Beetle - Desmocerus aureipennis
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Long-horned and Leaf Beetles)
Family Cerambycidae (Longhorned Beetles)
Subfamily Lepturinae (Flower Longhorns)
Tribe Desmocerini
Genus Desmocerus (Elderberry Longhorn Beetles)
Explanation of Names
Author of genus is Serville, 1835.
Numbers
Nearctica.com lists 3 species: auripennis, californicus, and palliatus.
Range
D. palliatus is eastern, other two species are in the west (1). D. auripennis is found in California and Nevada (2).
Print References
Arnett et al. p. 302, fig. 707 (1)
Papp, pp. 223-224, figs. 743-744--D. palliatus and D. auripennis (2)
White, plate 9--D. auripennis (3)
Works Cited
1.How to Know the Beetles
By Ross H. Arnett, N. M. Downie, H. E. Jaques
2.Introduction to North American Beetles
By Charles S. Papp
3.Peterson Field Guides: Beetles
By Richard E. White
Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 4 April, 2005 - 8:01am
Additional contributions by cotinis
Last updated 4 July, 2006 - 9:32am

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