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Species Osmopleura chamaeropis - Palmetto Longhorn

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References
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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 Cerambycinae
Tribe Agallissini
Genus Osmopleura
Species chamaeropis (Palmetto Longhorn)
Other Common Names
Cabbage Palm Longhorn
Explanation of Names
Common names refer to larval host.
Numbers
Monotypic genus.
Identification
Unique.
Range
Florida and Georgia and recently, one specimen from Texas.
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
Deyrup, M.A. & R. Franz. (editors) 1994. Rare and endangered biota of Florida. Volume IV. Invertebrates. Univ. 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
Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 13 May, 2006 - 12:52pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 7 June, 2007 - 10:33pm

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