Genus Plionoma

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Works Cited

Plionoma suturalis (LeConte) - Plionoma suturalis

Plionoma suturalis (LeConte) - Plionoma suturalis - male

Plionoma suturalis (LeConte) - Plionoma suturalis - female

Plionoma suturalis? - Plionoma suturalis

Longhorn Beetle - white/light gray with black and red - Plionoma rubens

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 Trachyderini

Subtribe Trachyderina

Genus Plionoma

Explanation of Names

Plionoma Casey, 1912

Numbers

2 spp. in our area, 3 spp. total(1)

Identification

P. rubens: 10-12 mm, pale reddish, eyes more widely separated, body vestiture longer and denser;

P. suturalis: 10-16 mm, black or reddish black, eyes closer together, hairs shorter and scattered(2)

Range

sw. US (s.CA to TX), n. Mex. (1)

Works Cited

1.	New World Cerambycidae Catalog

2.	Field Guide to Beetles of California Arthur V. Evans and James N. Hogue. 2006. University of California Press.

Contributed by Will Chatfield-Taylor on 4 September, 2008 - 7:47pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 30 May, 2024 - 11:12am

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