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Genus Sphaenothecus

stripey longhorn - Sphaenothecus bivittata Unknown Cerambycid Beetle - Sphaenothecus bivittata Flower Longhorn - Sphaenothecus bivittata - male striped longhorn - Sphaenothecus bivittata Double-banded Bycid (Sphaenothecus bivittatus)? - Sphaenothecus bivittata Double Banded Bycid - Sphaenothecus bivittata Pair of Sphaenothecus bivittata - Sphaenothecus bivittata - female Unknown Bug 04 - Sphaenothecus bivittata
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 Trachyderini
Genus Sphaenothecus
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
formerly Taranomis
Numbers
Seven species in the genus; two reach the US, S. bivittata and S. trilineatus
Remarks
identification and information supplied by Dan Heffern of Houston, TX
Internet References
http://www.texasento.net/Sphaenothecus.htm
Contributed by Joshua Stuart Rose on 20 November, 2005 - 9:18am
Last updated 21 November, 2005 - 10:04am

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