Tribe Mesosini

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Works Cited

LARGE LONG-HORNED BEETLE - Synaphaeta guexi

Turlock-0BG.J.1974.01 - Synaphaeta guexi

Flat-faced Longhorned Beetle - Synaphaeta guexi

Spotted Tree Borer - Synaphaeta guexi - 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 Lamiinae (Flat-faced Longhorn Beetles)

Tribe Mesosini

Explanation of Names

Mesosini Mulsant 1839

Numbers

a single species in our area, 2 spp. in 2 genera in the New World(1), >620 spp. in ~90 genera worldwide(2)

Range

tropical group, feebly represented outside the Oriental Region(2); in our area, BC to so. CA(1)

Works Cited

1.	New World Cerambycidae Catalog

2.	Roguet J.-P. (2013) Lamiaires du Monde (Coleoptera Cerambycidae Lamiinae)

Contributed by Chuck Entz on 9 February, 2008 - 12:50am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 1 March, 2015 - 5:51pm

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