Subfamily Lepturinae - Flower Longhorn Beetles

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Life Cycle · Works Cited

longhorn beetle on yarrow - Judolia montivagans

Cyphonotida rostrata texana Giesbert & Hovore - Cyphonotida rostrata

unidentified beetle - Anastrangalia laetifica

Strangalepta abbreviata? - Strangalepta abbreviata

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); 9 tribes worldwide(2)

Identification

They resemble Cerambycinae in having the terminal segment of the maxillary palps blunt or truncate at the apex. They differ from them in having the coxae conical and the bases of the antennae are usually not surrounded by the eyes. Many Lepturinae have the elytra tapering posteriorly and/or the pronotum narrower than the base of the elytra, giving them a rather broad shouldered appearance.

Keys to the Pacific Northwest spp. in (3)

Life Cycle

for flower associations see (4)

Works Cited

1.	New World Cerambycidae Catalog

2.	Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta) Bouchard P. et al. 2011. ZooKeys 88: 1–972.

3.	The Lepturine Longhorn Beetles (Cerambycidae: Lepturinae) of the Pacific Northwest Phil Schapker. 2017. Oregon State Arthropod Collection.

4.	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 18 March, 2022 - 6:14pm

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