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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) » Flower Longhorn Beetles (Lepturinae) » Oxymirini » Neanthophylax » Neanthophylax mirificus
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Longhorn Beetle - Neanthophylax mirificus
Copyright © 2016 Tom J

Longhorn Beetle - Neanthophylax mirificus
Roscoe, Carbon County, Montana, USA
May 18, 2016
Size: abt. 1.8 cm w/o antenna
Found at around 6000 ft. elevation in the mountains of south-central Montana, in an area of mostly lodgepole pine. Perhaps red-shouldered pine borer, or a relative?

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Longhorn Beetle - Neanthophylax mirificus Longhorn Beetle - Neanthophylax mirificus
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Contributed by Tom J on 24 May, 2016 - 1:37pm
Last updated 24 May, 2016 - 6:44pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… margarethe brummermann, 24 May, 2016 - 6:44pm login or register to post comments

Neanthophylax mirificus
It is Neanthophylax mirificus (Bland).
… Charles J. Hart, 24 May, 2016 - 5:07pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you.
Thank you.
… Tom J, 24 May, 2016 - 5:20pm login or register to post comments

 
No problem, those are great p
No problem, those are great pictures. This is a neat species, the females are all black.
… Charles J. Hart, 24 May, 2016 - 5:41pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you, and thanks for the
Thank you, and thanks for the info -- I'm used to finding all-black longhorn beetles in that area, but I'd not seen one of these before. It really stood out on the grey bark of a dead pine.
… Tom J, 24 May, 2016 - 5:48pm login or register to post comments

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