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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) » Cerambycinae » Trachyderini » Trachyderina » Purplescent Longhorn (Purpuricenus)

Genus Purpuricenus - Purplescent Longhorn

Classification · Numbers · Identification · Range · Food · Remarks · Works Cited
Purpuricenus humeralis? - Purpuricenus humeralis P. paraxillaris or axillaris? - Purpuricenus paraxillaris - male P. paraxillaris or axillaris? - Purpuricenus paraxillaris unknown longhorn beetle - Purpuricenus humeralis Purpuricenus humeralis Purpuricenus linsleyi Chemsak - Purpuricenus linsleyi - female Purpuricenus opacus (Knull) - Purpuricenus opacus - male Purpuricenus opacus (Knull) - Purpuricenus opacus - female
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 Cerambycinae
Tribe Trachyderini
Subtribe Trachyderina
Genus Purpuricenus (Purplescent Longhorn)
Numbers
6 spp. in the New World, all in our area(1), ~60 spp. total(2)
Identification
review in(2)
Range
all faunal regions except the Neotropics, most diverse in the Palaearctic and Oriental regions(2); in our area, 3 spp. in e. US (one ranging into adjacent Canada, QC-MB), 2 spp. in TX and 1 sp. in CA(1)
Food
Larvae feed on hardwoods(3)
Remarks
Adults attracted to baits(3)
Works Cited
1.A Photographic Catalog of the Cerambycidae of the New World
2.Review of the genus Purpuricenus Dejean (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in North America
By T.C. MacRae
3.Field Guide to Northeastern Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
By Douglas Yanega
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 5 December, 2011 - 6:08pm

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