Subfamily Lepturinae - Flower Longhorn Beetles

Evodinus monticola? - Evodinus monticola

A longhorn flew to my attention. ID, please. - Bellamira scalaris

Coulterville-0BG.J.1967.01 - Toxoleptura vexatrix

Brachyleptura vexatrix? - Toxoleptura vexatrix

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.

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 23 March, 2004 - 4:14pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, JohnMaxwell22, v belov, Brady Richards, PaleoJon
Last updated 9 November, 2023 - 9:09pm

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