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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

Tribe Elaphidiini

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Works Cited
Spined Oak Borer Beetle - Elaphidion mucronatum Enaphalodes cortiphagus - female Red Oak Borer - Enaphalodes rufulus Beetle, dorsal, pinned - Aneflomorpha Long-horned beetle - Aneflomorpha Bycid - Stenosphenus dolosus Pennsylvania Beetle - Anelaphus villosus March-0BG.J.2011.02 - Enaphalodes atomarius
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
Explanation of Names
Elaphidiini Thomson 1864
Numbers
>100 spp. in 25 genera in our area, ~630 spp. in >90 genera total(1)(2)
Size
5-37 mm, typically 10-20 mm(3)
Identification
concise diagnostic descriptions of our genera provided in (1)
Range
New World (Canada to Chile & Argentina)(1)
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.New World Cerambycidae Catalog
3.Lingafelter S.W. (20yy-) The Elaphidiini site
Contributed by Chuck Entz on 8 February, 2008 - 10:34pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 6 August, 2021 - 6:32pm

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