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Subfamily Lepturinae - Flower Longhorn Beetles

Closeups of the all black individual - Anoplodera pubera Megachoriolaus texanus (Knull) - Megachoriolaus texanus No idea... - Anastrangalia laetifica - male Beetle - Desmocerus palliatus flower longhorn - Cortodera longicornis - male - female longhorn beetle - Lepturopsis biforis Strangalepta abbreviata ? - Strangalepta abbreviata Avery Park longhorn - Stenocorus
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 Lepturinae (Flower Longhorn Beetles)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
tribal arrangement per(1)
Explanation of Names
Lepturinae Latreille 1802
Numbers
a large group, richly represented in the n. hemisphere: 6 tribes with 200 spp. in ~60 genera in our area and ~360 spp. in ~80 genera in the New World(1); ~1500 spp. in >200 genera of 9 tribes worldwide(2)(3)
Identification
Terminal segment of the maxillary palps blunt or truncate at the apex. Coxae conical; bases of antennae usually not surrounded by the eyes. Elytra tapering posterad and/or pronotum narrower than elytral base
Keys in (4) • Pacific Northwest spp. in (5)
Life Cycle
for flower associations see (6)(7)
Works Cited
1.New World Cerambycidae Catalog
2.Bezark L.G. (-2023) A photographic catalog of the Cerambycidae of the World
3.Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)
Bouchard P, Bousquet Y, Davies A, Alonso-Zarazaga M, Lawrence JF, Lyal CH, Newton A, Reid CA, Schmitt M, Ślipiński SA, Smith A. 2011. ZooKeys 88: 1–972.
4.Illustrated revision of the Cerambycidae of North America. Vol. II. Lepturinae
Chemsak J.A. 2005. Wolfsgarden Books, Chino, CA, xv+446 pp., 27 pls.
5.The Lepturine Longhorn Beetles (Cerambycidae: Lepturinae) of the Pacific Northwest
Phil Schapker. 2017. Oregon State Arthropod Collection.
6.The longhorn beetles (Col.: Cerambycidae) of Kentucky with notes on larval hosts, adult nectar use, and semiochemical attraction
Chapman E.G., Richards A.B., Dupuis J.R. . 2022. Zootaxa 5229: 1–89.
7.Flower records for anthophilous Cerambycidae in a southwestern Michigan woodland.
Gosling, D.C.L. 1984. Great Lakes Entomologist 17(2): 79–82.