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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 » Purplescent Longhorn (Purpuricenus)

Genus Purpuricenus - Purplescent Longhorn

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
White Oak Branch Girdler - Purpuricenus axillaris Purpuricenus axillaris - Purpuricenus paraxillaris Purpuricenus humeralis? - Purpuricenus humeralis P. paraxillaris or axillaris? - Purpuricenus paraxillaris Purpuricenus humeralis Purpuricenus paraxillaris MacRae - Purpuricenus paraxillaris - male Purpuricenus opacus (Knull) - Purpuricenus opacus - male Cerambycid - Purpuricenus dimidiatus
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
Genus Purpuricenus (Purplescent Longhorn)
Explanation of Names
purpur, -e (L). Purple (1)
Numbers
Six species (2)
Range
Range from eastern U.S. to Texas to California (2)

axillaris - eastern North America
dimidiatus - California
humeralis - eastern North America
linsleyi - Texas
opacus - west Texas
paraxillaris - Texas, central U.S.
Food
Larvae feed on hardwoods (3)
Remarks
Adults attracted to baits (3)
Print References
MacRae, T.C. 2000. Review of the genus Purpuricenus Dejean (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in North America. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 76: 137-169.

Solomon, J.D. 1995. Guide to insect borers of North American broadleaf trees and shrubs. USDA Forest Service Handbook 706. Washington, DC. 735 pp.
Internet References
Texas Beetles - Mike Quinn
Works Cited
1.Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
By Donald J. Borror
2.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
By Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.)
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
Last updated 9 July, 2007 - 3:32pm

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