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Genus Tragidion

Tragidion - Tragidion deceptum - female Tragidion coquus (Linnaeus) - Tragidion coquus - male Tragidion coquus Trachyderes mandiblaris? - Tragidion densiventre - male - female Tragidion sp. - Tragidion auripenne Tragidion male, lateral - Tragidion auripenne - male Tragidion agave Tragidion coquus - male - female
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 Trachyderini
Subtribe Trachyderina
Genus Tragidion
Explanation of Names
Tragidion Audinet-Serville, 1834
Numbers
8 spp. in our area, 11 spp. total(1)
Identification
Most spp. are morphologically similar and hard to identify; species boundaries remain indistinct. Habitus similar to other genera of this tribe, incl. Purpuricenus, Metaleptus, etc.(2)
Range
southern 2/3s of the US to Honduras - Map (2)(GBIF)
Remarks
Adults of one or both sexes are usually bright orange in color and mimic pompilid wasps in the genera Pepsis and Hemipepsis (2)
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