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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Longhorn Beetles (Cerambycidae) » Cerambycinae » Trachyderini » Trachyderina » Purplescent Longhorn Beetles (Purpuricenus)

Genus Purpuricenus - Purplescent Longhorn Beetles

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Food · Remarks · Works Cited
Purpuricenus humeralis? - Purpuricenus humeralis P. paraxillaris or axillaris? - Purpuricenus paraxillaris - male P. paraxillaris or axillaris? - Purpuricenus paraxillaris - female Bug on Car - Purpuricenus humeralis Black and red longhorn beetle. What species? - Purpuricenus humeralis Purpuricenus paraxillaris Two-toned longhorn - Purpuricenus paraxillaris Purpuricenus sp. - Purpuricenus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Longhorn and Leaf Beetles)
Family Cerambycidae (Longhorn Beetles)
Subfamily Cerambycinae
Tribe Trachyderini
Subtribe Trachyderina
Genus Purpuricenus (Purplescent Longhorn Beetles)
Explanation of Names
Purpuricenus Dejean 1821
Numbers
6 spp. in the New World, all in our area(1), ~60 spp. total(2)
Identification
review in(2)
Range
all faunal regions except the Neotropics, most diverse in the Palaearctic and Oriental regions(2); in our area, 3 spp. in e. US (one ranging into adjacent Canada, QC-MB), 2 spp. in TX and 1 sp. in CA(1)
Food
Larvae feed on hardwoods(3)
Remarks
Adults attracted to baits(3)
Works Cited
1.New World Cerambycidae Catalog
2.Review of the genus Purpuricenus Dejean (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in North America
MacRae T.C. 2000. Pan-Pac. Entomol. 76: 137-169.
3.Field Guide to Northeastern Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
Douglas Yanega. 1996. Illinois Natural History Survey.
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov, metrioptera, PaleoJon
Last updated 12 September, 2022 - 8:46pm

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