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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 » Oak Borer (Enaphalodes)

Genus Enaphalodes - Oak Borer

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Food · See Also · Works Cited
Red Oak Borer - Enaphalodes rufulus red oak borer - Enaphalodes rufulus Enaphalodes hispicornis? - Enaphalodes hispicornis Enaphalodes seminitidus Enaphalodes atomarius? - Enaphalodes atomarius Pennsylvania Cerambycid - Enaphalodes rufulus Longhorn - Enaphalodes atomarius Unknown Longhorn Beetle - 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
Genus Enaphalodes (Oak Borer)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Romaleum White 1855, in part
Explanation of Names
Enaphalodes Haldeman 1847
Numbers
8 spp. in our area(1), 16 total(2)
Size
20-35 mm
Identification
Brown or reddish black, sparsely pubescent, except for dense patches of white pubescence on head, pronotum and most of elytra. Head coarsely punctate between eyes. Antennae longer than body, each segment with a spine. Pronotum coarsely and densely punctate. Elytra coarsely but not densely punctate, with punctures finer toward the apex.(2)
key to spp. in(3)
Range
NA to Colombia; in our area, 4 spp. are rather widespread in e. NA, 3 spp. restricted to sw. US, and 1 sp. to FL(1)
Food
on oak
See Also
Works Cited
1.New World Cerambycidae Catalog
2.Lingafelter S.W. (20yy-) The Elaphidiini site
3.A new species of Enaphalodes Haldeman from Florida (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) with review of genus, synonymy, and key to species
Lingafelter S.W., Chemsak J.A. 2002. Col. Bull. 56: 569–581.
Contributed by Cotinis on 7 July, 2005 - 1:43pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Maury Heiman, v belov
Last updated 9 February, 2024 - 6:05pm

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