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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) » Flat-Faced Longhorns (Lamiinae) » Moneilemini » Cactus Long-horned Beetles (Moneilema) » Moneilema semipunctatum
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Which Longhorned Beetle ? - Moneilema semipunctatum
Copyright © 2007 Robert L. Pearson

Which Longhorned Beetle ? - Moneilema semipunctatum
Skull Valley, (WSW of Prescott 10 miles), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
August 13, 2007
Note the alternating colors in the Antenna. Size shown in images.

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Which Longhorned Beetle ? - Moneilema semipunctatum Which Longhorned Beetle ? - Moneilema semipunctatum Which Longhorned Beetle ? - Moneilema semipunctatum
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Contributed by Robert L. Pearson on 19 February, 2008 - 9:33pm
Last updated 20 February, 2008 - 8:25am

Moneilema semipunctatum
Smooth elytra, missing pronotal spines, bicolor antennae: it should be Moneilema semipunctatum LeConte, 1852.
Take a look to the type (and its synonyms) at: http://plant.cdfa.ca.gov/byciddb/details.asp?id=7740 and at: http://www.cerambycoidea.com/foto.asp?Id=1226
… Francesco Vitali, 20 February, 2008 - 2:59am login or register to post comments

 
Francesco,
There are five or six images on the genus page here. Can you do anything with species ID on those? (Plus it wouldn't hurt to double check the ones that are already on species pages!)
… john and jane balaban, 20 February, 2008 - 6:43pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Much Francisco!
I checked the links & hadn't observed the narrow white line in the junctions of Head & Abdomin from the Thorax. Thanks much.
… Robert L. Pearson, 20 February, 2008 - 5:38pm login or register to post comments

Reminds us of
Genus Moneilema - Cactus Long-horned Beetles, in the guide here. You will find some discussion regarding species differentiation there, but it's not complete yet.
… john and jane balaban, 19 February, 2008 - 10:06pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks J&J ,
Looks Good to Me; Thanks for pointing the way!
… Robert L. Pearson, 20 February, 2008 - 5:25pm login or register to post comments

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