Tribe Prionini

Classification · Identification · Print References · Works Cited

Longhorned beetle - Prionus imbricornis - male

Beetle? What kind? - Prionus californicus

California Root Borer - Prionus californicus - male

Broad-necked Root Borer - Prionus laticollis - male

Unknown Cerambycidae - Orthosoma brunneum

longhorn who sang to me - Orthosoma brunneum - male

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

Identification

Partial key to genera (1), (other print references):

1-Robust, segments of antennae often overlapping, tips of apical segments produced into lobes ......... Prionus

2-Elongated, sides almost parallel; apex (tip) of each antennal segment simple:

2a-Antennomere 3 distinctly longer than 1 and 2 combined, about as long as 4 and 5 together (left) ......... Derobrachus

2b-Antennomere 3 equal in length to 1 and 2, shorter than 4 and 5 (right) ............................. Orthosoma

Note: Antennomere (Antenna segment) 2 is greatly reduced in both.

Print References

Dillon and Dillon, p. 576 (1)

1996. Chemsak, A.J. Illustrated Revision of the Cerambycidae of North America. Vol. I, Subfamilies Parandrinae, Spondylidinae, Aseminae, Prioninae. Wolfsgarden Press, Burbank, ix+150pp., 10 pls.

1962. Linsley E.G. The Cerambycidae of North America. Part II. Taxonomy and classification of the Parandrinae, Prioninae, Spondylinae and Aseminae. Univ. Calif. Publ. Entomol., 19:1-102, 1 pl., 34 figs.

Works Cited

1.	A Manual of Common Beetles of Eastern North America By Dillon, Elizabeth S., and Dillon, Lawrence

Contributed by Chuck Entz on 8 February, 2008 - 9:55pm
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Last updated 19 July, 2008 - 9:45am

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