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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) » Lamiini » Monochamus

Genus Monochamus

Classification · Other Common Names · Size · Identification · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Noble Steed - Monochamus notatus Flat-Faced Longhorn Beetle - Monochamus obtusus Reddish brown mite transport - Monochamus notatus - male Monochamus carolinensis? - Monochamus Unknown Bug - Monochamus clamator Longhorn Beetle Pupa - Monochamus titillator Carolina Pine Swayer , Monochamus carolinensis? - Monochamus Whitespotted Sawyer? - Monochamus scutellatus - 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 Lamiinae (Flat-Faced Longhorns)
Tribe Lamiini
Genus Monochamus
Other Common Names
Sawyer beetle
Size
25 mm. or larger.
Identification
Either black or mottled gray. First antennal segment has a scarlike area near the tip. Antennae of the male is twice as long as the body, about as long as the body in females.
Food
Larvae feed on evergreens.
Print References
(1)
Internet References
Detailed images of species and subspecies from assorted locales at Monochamus
Works Cited
1.Borror and DeLong's Introduction to the Study of Insects
By Norman F. Johnson, Charles A. Triplehorn
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, McClarinJ
Last updated 6 December, 2007 - 4:22pm

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