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Genus Monochamus

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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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