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Subfamily Lamiinae - Flat-Faced Longhorns

Mesquite Girdler, Oncideres rhodosticta - Oncideres rhodosticta

Red Milkweed Beetle - Tetraopes tetrophthalmus

Long-Horned Beetle - Leptostylopsis planidorsus

Longhorn Beetle - Monochamus carolinensis

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 Lamiinae (Flat-Faced Longhorns)

Identification

Pointed terminal segment of the maxillary palps. Rather vertical face. Elongated, parallel-sided, usually somewhat cylindrical. Pronotum often a little narrower than the base of the elytra. (1) page 416.

Print References

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Works Cited

1.	Borror and DeLong's Introduction to the Study of Insects By Norman F. Johnson, Charles A. Triplehorn

Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 8 April, 2005 - 7:14am
Additional contributions by Tony D, Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 6 December, 2007 - 3:58pm

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