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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) » Flower Longhorns (Lepturinae) » Lepturini » Brachyleptura

Genus Brachyleptura

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Range · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Flower Longhorn - Brachyleptura vagans Unidentified Flower Longhorn - Brachyleptura vagans yellow-faced longhorn - Brachyleptura champlaini Flower Longhorn - Brachyleptura circumdata Flower Longhorn - Brachyleptura vagans B. champlaini? - Brachyleptura champlaini Flower Longhorn - Brachyleptura vagans Brachyleptura sp.? - Brachyleptura champlaini - male - 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 Lepturinae (Flower Longhorns)
Tribe Lepturini
Genus Brachyleptura
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
The genus includes several species originally placed in Leptura or Anoplodera.
Numbers
Arnett (1) and nearctica.com list seven species in the genus for North America.
Range
Includes most of temperate North America
Life Cycle
Larvae live on decaying hardwoods and pines. (2)
Print References
Yanega, details TBA (2)
Internet References
North Carolina State University Entomology Collection lists for that state, with number pinned: circumdata (6), rubrica (30), and vagans (140).
Insects of Cedar Creek has images of B vagans and B rubrica.
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 26 March, 2004 - 6:35am
Last updated 17 June, 2006 - 2:48pm

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