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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 » Anelaphus » recently synonymyzed with A. villosus (Anelaphus formerly-parallelus-maybe-undescribed)
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Longhorn Beetles - Anelaphus formerly-parallelus-maybe-undescribed
Copyright © 2005 Lynette Elliott

Longhorn Beetles - Anelaphus formerly-parallelus-maybe-undescribed
Fort Bragg, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA
April 4, 2005
Size: 1.5 cm and 1.8 cm
The longhorns seem to be flocking to my house lately. Perhaps this is a male and female since the size is a bit different?
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Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 5 April, 2005 - 11:29am
Last updated 18 May, 2008 - 10:42am

Moved
Moved from Anelaphus.
… john and jane balaban, 4 January, 2008 - 10:13pm login or register to post comments

Caution, probably not Anelaphus.
There are SEVERAL genera that resemble each other closely. I do not see spines on the first antennal segment, so this is probably not Anelaphus. Something in the same tribe, but not that genus.
… Eric R. Eaton, 6 April, 2005 - 12:49pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the help
They look exactly like the others to me, I didn't realize there were so many that look similar. I'll move them back to longhorns.
… Lynette Elliott, 6 April, 2005 - 4:05pm login or register to post comments

 
Don't give up on Anelaphus
These beetles look like Anelaphus parallelus too me. In general very hard to distinguish from A. villosus but they have very narrow bodies, you can see raised shiny lines only the elytra and lateral oblique white stipes on the pronotum all of which point to A. parallelus. I used to feel that I could tell these two species apart easily but the more I collect the more intermediate and atypical forms I find and the more confused I get. Now I just say "twig pruners, in the genus Anelaphus."
… Frank Guarnieri, 27 October, 2005 - 10:25pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes...
...Anelaphus parallelus.
… Ted C. MacRae, 4 January, 2008 - 4:09pm login or register to post comments

Size variation.
As with many insects, size variation among individuals can be extreme, regardless of gender. It has to do with food quality and quantity in most cases. In the case of longhorns, genders are most easily told apart by relative length of the antennae. Males have much longer antennae in most cases (though this is not so in Lepturine longhorns). Here, you might even have two different species.
… Eric R. Eaton, 5 April, 2005 - 3:52pm login or register to post comments

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