Subfamily Cerambycinae

Classification · Identification

Red Headed Ash Borer? - Neoclytus acuminatus - female

Locust boring beetle, Megacyllene robinae - Megacyllene caryae

Longhorned Beetle - Callimoxys sanguinicollis - female

Spruce Zebra Beetle - Xylotrechus annosus

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

Identification

A combination of characters usually distinguishes Cerambycinae from other subfamilies of Cerambycidae:

last segment of the maxillary palp blunt
face held slanting forward or nearly vertical
pronotum rounded and widest near the middle

Some groups have spines on apices (tips) of elytra. Members of the tribe Elaphidini have antennae with prominent spines.

--Paraphrased from comments by Guy Hanley

Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 8 April, 2005 - 7:14am
Additional contributions by cotinis
Last updated 14 August, 2005 - 10:08pm

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