Species Xestoleptura crassicornis

Classification · Identification

Flower Longhorn - Xestoleptura crassicornis

Xestoleptura crassicornis 01a - Xestoleptura crassicornis

longhorn beetle - Xestoleptura crassicornis

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 Lepturinae (Flower Longhorns)

Tribe Lepturini

Genus Xestoleptura

Species crassicornis (Xestoleptura crassicornis)

Identification

You can tell by the orange antennae and glossy surface of the elytra. The elytra are also a little more parallel-sided. X. crassipes has the antennae black to yellowish-brown, and the elytra duller.

… Dennis Haines, 12 August, 2008 - 3:27pm

Contributed by Will Chatfield-Taylor on 25 December, 2007 - 6:00pm
Additional contributions by Lynette
Last updated 5 November, 2011 - 10:38am

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