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Genus Derobrachus

Palo Verde Root Borer - Derobrachus hovorei

I thought Lonhorn family but uncertain - Derobrachus hovorei

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)

Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Longhorn and Leaf Beetles)

Family Cerambycidae (Longhorn 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)

See Also

Orthosoma brunneum, see details on these images:

Works Cited

1.	New World Cerambycidae Catalog

2.	Revisão do gênero Derobrachus Audinet-Serville, 1832 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Prioninae) Santos-Silva A. 2007. Arquivos de Zoologia 38: 1-94.

Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 8 April, 2005 - 8:26am
Additional contributions by cotinis, v belov
Last updated 6 August, 2017 - 12:18pm

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