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Tile-horned Prionus (Prionus imbricornis)
Photo#38752
Copyright © 2005
robert mclennan
Coleoptera -
Prionus imbricornis
-
Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
Contributed by
robert mclennan
on 5 December, 2005 - 7:32pm
Last updated 19 November, 2009 - 6:12am
Tile-horned Prionus
Looks like species
Prionus imbricornis
. The family is
Cerambycidae
. See
here.
…
Matthew Roth
, 5 December, 2005 - 8:54pm
Doug Yanega: "prob. imbricornis ♂ , outside chance of debilis"
"looks to me more like a
debilis
in certain respects (generally - though not always - the "lobes" on the antennae of male
debilis
are more pronounced than those of
imbricornis
), but that species is unknown in Tennessee -- Chattanooga, in particular, is quite far removed from the nearest confirmed locality. That doesn't mean it's impossible for it to be
debilis
, just that I wouldn't consider it likely."
…
v belov
, 19 November, 2009 - 5:20pm