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Tribe Phoracanthini

Eucalyptus Longhorned Borer, Phoracantha semipunctata - Phoracantha semipunctata

Eucalyptus Longhorned Borer - Phoracantha recurva

Eucalyptus Longhorned Borer - Phoracantha semipunctata - male

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 Cerambycinae

Tribe Phoracanthini

Explanation of Names

Phoracanthini Newman 1840

Numbers

2 adventive spp. of a single genus in the New World, both in our area(1)

Range

native to e. Australia(2)

Works Cited

1.	New World Cerambycidae Catalog

2.	Handbook of urban insects and arachnids: A handbook of urban entomology Robinson W.H. 2005. Cambridge University Press.

Contributed by Chuck Entz on 8 February, 2008 - 10:48pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 1 March, 2015 - 5:37pm

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