Genus Eburia

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Habitat · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Looks very similar to the longhorn beetle family - Eburia distincta

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 Cerambycinae

Tribe Eburiini

Genus Eburia

Explanation of Names

Author of genus is Lepeletier & Audinet-Serville in Lacordaire 1830.

Numbers

The genus is largely neotropical. Arnett (1) and nearctia.com list 11 North American species in the genus. See also American checklist, page 37.

Identification

This genus has distinctive raised white marks on the elytra.

Range

Eburia quadrigeminata is widespread in the eastern US., E. haldemani is found in south-central states.

Habitat

Forested areas

Remarks

Guide TBA--PC (origin genus name)

Print References

Yanega (2) (plate 13) illustrates E. quadrigeminata and haldemani.

Internet References

The genus Eburia Audinet-Serville in Florida--discusses six Florida species.

North Carolina State University Entomology Collection lists only E. quadrigeminata from that state, with 44 pinned.

Works Cited

1.	American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico By Ross H. Arnett

2.	Field Guide to Northeastern Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) By Douglas Yanega

Contributed by Cotinis on 21 March, 2004 - 9:15pm
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian
Last updated 14 July, 2006 - 2:39pm

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