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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 » Clytini » Megacyllene

Genus Megacyllene

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Identification · Range · Food · See Also · Works Cited
Jeff's Longhorn - Megacyllene robiniae Megacyllene robusta Linsley & Chemsak - Megacyllene robusta - male - female Megacyllene robiniae - Locust Borer - Megacyllene robiniae Megacyllene antennata Arizona Beetle - Megacyllene antennata Cerambycid - Megacyllene antennata Megacyllene robiniae Megacyllene snowi
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 Clytini
Genus Megacyllene
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Megacyllene Casey 1912
Numbers
10 spp. in our area (all in the nominate subgenus), 56 spp. in 2 subgenera in the New World(1)
Identification
Separated from Placosternus by the basal antennomere having a spine. (2)
Range
apparently restricted to the New World; in our area, 3 spp. in the east, others western(1)
Food
with the exception of Megacyllene caryae, the larval hosts of members of Megacyllene seem to be restricted to Fabaceae (3)
See Also
Placosternus Hopping 1937 - so. US
Works Cited
1.Checklist of the Oxypeltidae, Vesperidae, Disteniidae and Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) of the Western Hemisphere
Bezark L.G., Monné M.A. 2013. 470 pp.
2.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
3.Synonymy of Megacyllene comanchei Rice and Morris and Megacyllene angulifera (Casey) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae).
Hart C.J., Ivie M.A. 2013. The Coleopterists Bulletin 67(2): 89-93.
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, v belov, Nathaniel Green
Last updated 30 December, 2021 - 4:10pm

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