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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)

Species Anelaphus formerly-parallelus-maybe-undescribed - recently synonymyzed with A. villosus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited

ID Request - Anelaphus formerly-parallelus-maybe-undescribed

Oak Twig Pruner Beetle - Anelaphus formerly-parallelus-maybe-undescribed

Hairy longhorned beetle - Anelaphus formerly-parallelus-maybe-undescribed

Cerambycidae - Anelaphus formerly-parallelus-maybe-undescribed

Black and brown beetle - Anelaphus formerly-parallelus-maybe-undescribed

Anelaphus parallelus from fallen Quercus stellata twigs - Anelaphus formerly-parallelus-maybe-undescribed

March-0BG.J.2009.01 - Anelaphus formerly-parallelus-maybe-undescribed

Anelaphus? - Anelaphus formerly-parallelus-maybe-undescribed - male - female

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 Cerambycinae

Tribe Elaphidiini

Genus Anelaphus

Species formerly-parallelus-maybe-undescribed (recently synonymyzed with A. villosus)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

see (1)

Explanation of Names

Anelaphus parallelus (Newman 1840)

The taxonomic situation is this... the holotype of Anelaphus parallelus is a specimen of A. villosus, making the new synonymy valid. However, the form previously called "parallelus" may prove to be a distinct species that is either undescribed or was described as one of the many synonyms of parallelus or villosus that should be elevated in the future. But until someone digs deeper into these forms and decides whether to elevate parallelus back to species status, it will remain in synonymy with villosus. --Robert A. Androw, 6 Aug '21 [per conversation with Steve Lingafelter]

Size

8-20 mm(2)

Range

e. NA west to MB-TX(2)(3)(4)

Season

Feb-Aug(2)

Food

live twig pruner of most eastern hardwoods & shrubs, esp. oak(2)

Remarks

common, comes to lights(2)

Print References

(5)

Works Cited

1.	Review of species of Anelaphus Linsley and its new synonym Gymnopsyra Linsley from the United States and Canada with description Lingafelter, S. W. 2020. Insecta Mundi 0798:1-30.

2.	Field Guide to Northeastern Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Douglas Yanega. 1996. Illinois Natural History Survey.

3.	Guide to insect borers in North American broadleaf trees and shrubs Solomon, J.D. 1995. USDA Forest Service Agriculture Handbook. 735 pp.

4.	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.

5.	Anelaphus villosus (Fabricius) and A parallelus (Newman) can be accurately distinguished using body measurements & DNA barcoding Brown, W., Salerno, R., & Cursino, L. 2021. The Canadian Entomologist, 153(6), 787-799.

Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 6 April, 2005 - 6:21am
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Bbarnd, Mike Quinn, v belov, bandrow
Last updated 24 March, 2024 - 9:54am

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