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Species Brachysomida nigripennis

black longhorn - Brachysomida nigripennis Brachysomida bivittata - Brachysomida nigripennis Brachysomida bivittata - Brachysomida nigripennis beetle - Brachysomida nigripennis beetle on golden Alexander flowers - Brachysomida nigripennis longhorn beetle - Brachysomida nigripennis longhorn beetle - Brachysomida nigripennis Cerambycidae, dorsal - Brachysomida nigripennis
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 Lepturinae (Flower Longhorn Beetles)
Tribe Rhagiini
Genus Brachysomida
Species nigripennis (Brachysomida nigripennis)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
recently reinstated from synonymy with Brachysomida bivittata (Say)
Explanation of Names
Brachysomida nigripennis (LeConte 1850)
Identification
see comment at (...smooth, shining pronotum without pubescence at the base and along the margins... [no] dense punctation along the pronotal midline or distinct pubescence on the elytra)