Genus Derobrachus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Identification · Range · Works Cited

Derobrachus brevicollis - Derobrachus thomasi - male

Palo Verde root borer - Derobrachus hovorei - female

Palo Verde Root Borer - Derobrachus hovorei

Beetle or Cockroach? - Derobrachus hovorei

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 Prioninae

Tribe Prionini

Genus Derobrachus

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Derobrachus Serville 1832

Numbers

5 spp. in our area, >20 spp. in the New World(1)

Identification

recent revision in(2)

Range

so. US to Ecuador; in our area, 2 spp. are in se. US (NC-AL-FL) and 3 spp. in sw. US (TX-NV-CA)(1)

Works Cited

1.	A Photographic Catalog of the Cerambycidae of the New World

2.	Revisão do gênero Derobrachus Audinet-Serville, 1832 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Prioninae) By A. Santos-Silva

Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 8 April, 2005 - 8:26am
Additional contributions by cotinis, v belov
Last updated 28 November, 2011 - 11:52am

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