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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) » Prioninae » Prionini » Orthosoma » Brown Prionid (Orthosoma brunneum)

Species Orthosoma brunneum - Brown Prionid

Classification · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Prioninae
Tribe Prionini
Genus Orthosoma
Species brunneum (Brown Prionid)
Size
22-50 mm
Identification
Light brown, sides of elytra parallel. 11-segmented antennae, rounded, never flattened.
Range
Eastern North America
Habitat
Moist forest
Season
May-November
Food
Adults come to bait, so presumably take some rotting fruit, sap?
Life Cycle
Breeds in poles, roots(?) in contact with wet ground.
Remarks
Species name sometimes listed as brunneus.
Print References
Dillon, p. 577, plate LVII #5 (1)
Yanega, p. 26, fig. 8a-b (2)
Internet References
Clemson University
Cerambcyids.com
Cerambycidae of Florida
Works Cited
1.A Manual of Common Beetles of Eastern North America
By Dillon, Elizabeth S., and Dillon, Lawrence
2.Field Guide to Northeastern Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
By Douglas Yanega
Contributed by Cotinis on 19 July, 2004 - 4:14pm
Additional contributions by Mike Boone
Last updated 19 July, 2005 - 5:30pm

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