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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Longhorn Beetles (Cerambycidae) » Flower Longhorn Beetles (Lepturinae) » Lepturini » Brachyleptura » Brachyleptura rubrica

Species Brachyleptura rubrica

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

long-horned beetle - Brachyleptura rubrica - male - female

Flower Longhorns mating - Brachyleptura rubrica - male - female

Brachyleptura rubrica? - Brachyleptura rubrica

Cerambycidae, lateral - Brachyleptura rubrica

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 Lepturinae (Flower Longhorn Beetles)

Tribe Lepturini

Genus Brachyleptura

Species rubrica (Brachyleptura rubrica)

Explanation of Names

Brachyleptura rubrica (Say, 1824)

Size

10-18 mm

Identification

Pronotum sharply angled, almost square, at the front. Elytra orange. Antennae prominently banded.

Range

Eastern North America. Reported from Minnesota, North Carolina, Florida.

Habitat

Deciduous forests

Season

May-August (northeastern North America). April (North Carolina Sandhills). June-July (North Carolina Mountains).

Food

Adults come to flowers.

Life Cycle

Breeds in decaying deciduous trees, such as hickory, beech, oak (1).

See Also

Brachyleptura champlaini

Print References

Yanega, p. 31, fig. 68 (1)

Dillon, p. 616, plate LXI--Anoplodera rubrica (2)

Brimley, p. 212 (3)

Internet References

Insects at Cedar Creek

Beetles of Florida

North Carolina State University Entomology Collection lists for that state, with 30 specimens pinned.

Works Cited

1.	Field Guide to Northeastern Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Douglas Yanega. 1996. Illinois Natural History Survey.

2.	A Manual of Common Beetles of Eastern North America Dillon, Elizabeth S., and Dillon, Lawrence. 1961. Row, Peterson, and Company.

3.	Insects of North Carolina C.S. Brimley. 1938. North Carolina Department of Agriculture.

Contributed by tom murray on 4 July, 2005 - 9:19pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, mfdigiro
Last updated 3 September, 2020 - 8:37am

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