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Subfamily Lepturinae - Flower Longhorns

Flower Longhorn - Typocerus Cerambycid? - Lycochoriolaus lateralis Colorful female Longhorn - Anastrangalia laetifica - female Strange creature - Necydalis mellita - female Strangalia famelica ? - Strangalia famelica longhorn beetle? Flower Longhorn - Neoalosterna rubida - male Longhorn beetle - Gnathacmaeops pratensis
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 Lepturinae (Flower Longhorns)
Numbers
250 species in North america.
Identification
They resemble Cerambycinae in having the terminal segment of the maxillary palps blunt or truncate at the apex. They differ from them in having the coxae conical and the bases of the antennae are usually not surrounded by the eyes. Many Lepturinae have the elytra tapering posteriorly and/or the pronotum narrower than the base of the elytra, giving them a rather broad shouldered appearance.
They differ from flat faced longhorns (Lamiinae) in that their face slants forward or is nearly vertical.
Print References
(1) P. 416
(2)
Internet References
California Department of Food and Agriculture - pinned specimens
Works Cited
1.Borror and DeLong's Introduction to the Study of Insects
By Norman F. Johnson, Charles A. Triplehorn
2.Peterson Field Guides: Beetles
By Richard E. White
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 23 March, 2004 - 4:14pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, JohnMaxwell22
Last updated 17 January, 2009 - 10:30am

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