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Megacyllene
Genus
Megacyllene
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
Cerambycinae
Tribe
Clytini
Genus
Megacyllene
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Megacyllene
Casey
1912
Numbers
10 spp. in our area (all in the nominate subgenus), 56 spp. in 2 subgenera in the New World
(
1
)
Identification
Separated from
Placosternus
by the basal antennomere having a spine.
(
2
)
Range
apparently restricted to the New World; in our area, 3 spp. in the east, others western
(
1
)
Food
with the exception of
Megacyllene caryae
, the larval hosts of members of
Megacyllene
seem to be restricted to Fabaceae
(
3
)
See Also
Placosternus
Hopping 1937 - so. US
Works Cited
1.
Checklist of the Oxypeltidae, Vesperidae, Disteniidae and Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) of the Western Hemisphere
Bezark L.G., Monné M.A. 2013. 470 pp.
2.
American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
3.
Synonymy of Megacyllene comanchei Rice and Morris and Megacyllene angulifera (Casey) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae).
Hart C.J., Ivie M.A. 2013. The Coleopterists Bulletin 67(2): 89-93.
Contributed by
Troy Bartlett
on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by
cotinis
,
Beatriz Moisset
,
Mike Quinn
,
v belov
,
Nathaniel Green
Last updated 30 December, 2021 - 4:10pm