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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Longhorn Beetles (Cerambycidae) » Cerambycinae » Agallissini » Osmopleura » Cabbage Palm Longhorn Beetle (Osmopleura chamaeropis)

Species Osmopleura chamaeropis - Cabbage Palm Longhorn Beetle

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Death by Fungus - Osmopleura chamaeropis

Cabbage Palm Longhorn - Osmopleura chamaeropis

Possible Beatle???? - Osmopleura chamaeropis

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)

Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Longhorn and Leaf Beetles)

Family Cerambycidae (Longhorn Beetles)

Subfamily Cerambycinae

Tribe Agallissini

Genus Osmopleura

Species chamaeropis (Cabbage Palm Longhorn Beetle)

Other Common Names

Palmetto Longhorn

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Osmopleura chamaeropis (Horn)

Orig. Comb: Agallissus chamaeropis Horn 1893

Explanation of Names

Common names refer to larval host.

Numbers

Monotypic genus.

Size

19-22 mm

Identification

Unique.

Range

FL-GA (1), +SC and one specimen from Texas (BG data)

Habitat

Pine-palmetto woodlands in Florida.

Season

May-June

Food

Larvae feed on Cabbage Palmettos (Sabal palmetto) in Florida.

Remarks

This species is rarely collected but can be locally abundant (Turnbow & Hovore 1979)

Print References

Chemsak, J.A. & E.G. Linsley. 1970. Death-feigning among North American Cerambycidae. Pan-Pacific Entomol. 46(4): 305-307.

Thomas, M.C. 1994. Cabbage Palm Longhorn, Osmopleura chamaeropis (Horn). Pp. 472-474. in: M.A. Deyrup & R. Franz. (editors). Rare and endangered biota of Florida. Volume IV. Invertebrates. University Press of Florida, Gainesville. 798 pp.

Turnbow, R.H. Jr., & F.T. Hovore. 1979. Notes on Cerambycidae from the southeastern United States. Entomol. News, 90(5): 219-229.

Internet References

Texas Entomology - Mike Quinn

FSCA

Cerambycidae Cat.

Works Cited

1.	A distributional checklist of the beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida. Peck & Thomas. 1998. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville. 180 pp.

Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 13 May, 2006 - 12:52pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, PaleoJon
Last updated 18 March, 2022 - 6:22pm

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