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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Long-horned and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Longhorned Beetles (Cerambycidae) » Cerambycinae » Trachyderini » Trachyderina » Purplescent Longhorn (Purpuricenus) » Purpuricenus humeralis

Species Purpuricenus humeralis

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Print References · Works Cited
Long-horned Beetle - Purpuricenus humeralis Purpuricenus humeralis? - Purpuricenus humeralis Red and black Long-horned Beetle - Purpuricenus humeralis unknown longhorn beetle - Purpuricenus humeralis Purpuricenus humeralis Purpuricenus humeralis (Fabricius) - Purpuricenus humeralis
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 Trachyderini
Subtribe Trachyderina
Genus Purpuricenus (Purplescent Longhorn)
Species humeralis (Purpuricenus humeralis)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Purpuricenus humeralis (Fabricius 1798)
Latin humerus 'shoulder'(1)
Size
12-20 mm(2)
Range
e. NA: VT-QC-MN-w.NE to NC-n.GA-e.OK(2)
Season
May-Sep(2), mostly July (BG data)
Food
the most polyphagous of NA spp.(2); larvae mine in dead branches of numerous hardwoods(3)
Life Cycle
Attracted to bait traps(4)
Print References
Champlain, A.B. and J.N. Knull. 1932. Fermenting bait traps for trapping Elateridae and Cerambycidae (Coleop.). Entomological News 43: 253–257.
Works Cited
1.Composition of scientific words
By R.W. Brown
2.Review of the genus Purpuricenus Dejean (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in North America
By T.C. MacRae
3.Illustrated Key to the Longhorned Woodboring Beetles of the Eastern United States
By Steven W. Lingafelter
4.Field Guide to Northeastern Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
By Douglas Yanega
Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 11 April, 2005 - 3:49pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 5 December, 2011 - 7:49pm

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