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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) » Parandrinae » Pole Borer (Neandra) » Pole Borer (Neandra brunnea)

Species Neandra brunnea - Pole Borer

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Life Cycle · 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 Parandrinae
Genus Neandra (Pole Borer)
Species brunnea (Pole Borer)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
=Parandra brunnea
Explanation of Names
Author is Fabricius 1798
Size
8-20 mm
Identification
A robust yellowish-brown to reddish-brown longhorn, resembles a stag beetle, perhaps, but antennae are not clubbed. Specific characters(1)(2):
tarsi with five visible segments, no process between tarsal claws
eyes emarginate
pronotum subquadrate (almost square), widest at front
elytra without striations
Range
e. NA(1)
Season
March-November
Life Cycle
Larvae bore in trees and structural wood (poles, crossties, etc.) in contact with moist ground. Adults frequently come to lights, though sometimes adults emerge, mate, and lay eggs in the same cavity they occupied as a larva (2).
Works Cited
1.Field Guide to Northeastern Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
By Douglas Yanega
2.A Manual of Common Beetles of Eastern North America
By Dillon, Elizabeth S., and Dillon, Lawrence
Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 7 September, 2006 - 9:28am
Additional contributions by cotinis, v belov
Last updated 14 January, 2011 - 12:02pm

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