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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) » Cerambycinae » Elaphidiini » Parelaphidion » Parelaphidion aspersum
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Longhorned Beetle - Parelaphidion aspersum
Copyright © 2007 Victor Engel

Longhorned Beetle - Parelaphidion aspersum
Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
July 21, 2007
It seems like this is evidently in the Subfamily Lamiinae - Flat-Faced Longhorns, but I can't even narrow it down to a genus. I would appreciate help on this one.

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Contributed by Victor Engel on 22 July, 2007 - 5:28pm
Last updated 21 August, 2007 - 7:30pm

Moved
Moved from Longhorned Beetles.
… Jim McClarin, 21 August, 2007 - 7:30pm login or register to post comments

I believe...
...this is Parelaphidion aspersum.
… Ted C. MacRae, 21 August, 2007 - 12:47pm login or register to post comments

Anelaphus parallelus
Compare.
… Jim McClarin, 22 July, 2007 - 6:58pm login or register to post comments

 
Pronotum has glabrous ridge
Hard to see in the photo but i think there is a midline glabrous ridge on the pronotum. That would confirm Parelaphidion over Anelaphus.
… Frank Guarnieri, 3 December, 2012 - 6:43pm login or register to post comments

 
Better?
I added a tighter crop with some color adjustments to bring out the detail in the pronotum.
… Victor Engel, 3 December, 2012 - 7:17pm login or register to post comments

 
Perfect
That makes it very clear. I would say definitely P. aspersum (however I have to admit there might be additional possibilities in TX that I am unaware of).
… Frank Guarnieri, 3 December, 2012 - 7:21pm login or register to post comments

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