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Species Neandra brunnea

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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
Species brunnea (Neandra brunnea)
Other Common Names
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
pronotum subquadrate (almost square), widest at front
elytra without striations
Range
Includes eastern North America.
Season
March-November
Life Cycle
Larvae bore in trees, as well as structural wood (such as poles, crossties) 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).
Print References
Yanega, p. 25, plate 1, fig. 1 (1)
Dillon and Dillon, p. 576, plate 57 (2)
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