Genus Anelaphus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Internet References

Oak Twig Borer Longhorn - Anelaphus parallelus

mottled reddish longhorn - Anelaphus parallelus

Bycid at the patio light - - Anelaphus subdepressum

Anelaphus villosus (Fabricius) - Anelaphus villosus

Anelaphus niveivestitus (Schaeffer) - Anelaphus niveivestitus

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 Cerambycinae

Tribe Elaphidiini

Genus Anelaphus

Explanation of Names

Author of genus is Linsley, 1936.

Numbers

Nearctica.com lists 18 species.

Internet References

http://www.sel.barc.usda.gov/Coleoptera/elaphid/Anelaphu.htm

North Carolina State University Entomology lists for that state, with number pinned: inermis (7), moestus (2), parallelus (172), villosus (88).

Contributed by Lynette Schimming on 6 April, 2005 - 6:21am
Additional contributions by cotinis, Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 19 December, 2007 - 1:22pm

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