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Genus Elytroleptus

Elytroleptus floridanus Elytroleptus divisus (LeConte) - Elytroleptus divisus Elytroleptus floridanus - in the back yard. - Elytroleptus floridanus Elytroleptus ignitus - male Elytroleptus apicalis (LeConte) - Elytroleptus apicalis Elytroleptus apicalis (LeConte) - Elytroleptus apicalis Elytroleptus apicalis - male only member of this genus I’ve got in the coll’n - Elytroleptus ignitus
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 Trachyderini
Subtribe Trachyderina
Genus Elytroleptus
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
revised in (1)
Explanation of Names
Elytroleptus Dugès 1879
Numbers
8 spp. in our area, 18 total(2)
Identification
key to species in (1)
Range
ON & e. US to TX-AZ to Honduras (most diverse in Mexico); in our area, E. floridanus eastern, the rest in TX-AZ(2)
Works Cited
1.Taxonomic revision and phylogenertic analysis of the genus Elytroleptus Duges (Col.: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae: Trachyderini)
Grzymala T., Miller K.B. 2013. Zootaxa 3659: 1-62.
2.New World Cerambycidae Catalog
Contributed by v belov on 4 June, 2009 - 9:03am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 21 July, 2023 - 4:44pm

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