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Species Typocerus acuticauda

Typocerus acuticauda Typocerus acuticauda - male - female brown-winged longhorned beetle - Typocerus acuticauda Leptura? - Typocerus acuticauda Cerambycidae, dorsal - Typocerus acuticauda Cerambycidae, elytral apices - Typocerus acuticauda Typocerus acuticauda? - Typocerus acuticauda Typocerus acuticauda - male
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 Lepturinae (Flower Longhorn Beetles)
Tribe Lepturini
Genus Typocerus
Species acuticauda (Typocerus acuticauda)
Explanation of Names
Typocerus acuticauda Casey 1913
acuticauda = 'sharp tail' (refers to the shape of elytral tips)
Numbers
2 subspp.
Size
9-14 mm(1)
Identification
elytral apices strongly acuminate
Range
e. NA (NS-FL to ON-IA-TX) - Map (2)(3)(4)
Season
May-Sep(1)
Food
Larval host unknown(1)(5)
Remarks
common(5)
Internet References
Typocerus acuticauda acuticauda Casey 1913
Typocerus acuticauda standishi Knull 1938
Works Cited
1.Field Guide to Northeastern Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
Douglas Yanega. 1996. Illinois Natural History Survey.
2.Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition
Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.
3.A Distributional Checklist of the Beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida
4.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
5.Illustrated Key to the Longhorned Woodboring Beetles of the Eastern United States
Steven W. Lingafelter. 2008. Coleopterists Society.
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 19 June, 2007 - 1:53pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 8 May, 2023 - 12:14pm

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