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Species Parandra polita

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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 Parandrinae
Genus Parandra
Species polita (Parandra polita)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Hesperandra polita
Explanation of Names
Parandra (Tavandra) polita Say 1835
politus = 'polished'
Size
10-25 mm(1)
Range
e. US (OH-NE to FL-TX) to Bolivia(2)(3)
Season
Jun-Aug(4)
Food
Larvae in heartwood of hickory, tuliptree, beech(1)
Remarks
comes to UV light(1)
Print References
Santos-Silva A., Shute S. (2009) The identity of Parandra laevis Latreille, 1804 and nomenclatural changes in the Parandrinae (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae). ZooKeys 25: 19-35. Abstract
Internet References
When is a stag beetle not a stag beetle? (McRae 2014)
Works Cited
1.Field Guide to Northeastern Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
Douglas Yanega. 1996. Illinois Natural History Survey.
2.New World Cerambycidae Catalog
3.A Distributional Checklist of the Beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida
4.Illustrated Key to the Longhorned Woodboring Beetles of the Eastern United States
Steven W. Lingafelter. 2008. Coleopterists Society.
Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 10 July, 2008 - 8:32pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, TCMacRae, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 15 July, 2016 - 12:32pm

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