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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) » Prioninae » Prionini » Prionus » subgenus Antennalia (Prionus subgenus Antennalia) » Prionus fissicornis

Species Prionus fissicornis

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Works Cited
Big Beetle - Prionus fissicornis - female Prionus fissicornis? - Prionus fissicornis - female Prionus fissicornis? - Prionus fissicornis - female Prionus fissicornis Haldeman - Prionus fissicornis - female Prionus fissicornis Haldeman - Prionus fissicornis - female Prionus fissicornis Haldeman - Prionus fissicornis - female Prionus fissicornis Haldeman - Prionus fissicornis - female Prionus fissicornis Haldeman - Prionus fissicornis - male
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 Prioninae
Tribe Prionini
Genus Prionus
No Taxon (subgenus Antennalia)
Species fissicornis (Prionus fissicornis)
Explanation of Names
Prionus fissicornis Haldeman 1845
fissicornis = 'cleft antenna'
Size
25‒40 mm(1)
Identification
at least 25 antennomeres, often over 30(2)
Range
MT‒ND to NM‒TX(3)(4)(BG data)
Season
May‒Jul(2)
Food
Larvae are root feeders on grasses(2)
Works Cited
1.Field Guide to Northeastern Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
Douglas Yanega. 1996. Illinois Natural History Survey.
2.Illustrated Key to the Longhorned Woodboring Beetles of the Eastern United States
Steven W. Lingafelter. 2008. Coleopterists Society.
3.Catalogue of the Coleoptera of America, North of Mexico ("The Leng Catalogue")
Charles W. Leng. 1920. John D. Sherman, Jr., Mount Vernon, NY. x + 470 pp.
4.New World Cerambycidae Catalog
Contributed by v belov on 22 December, 2009 - 1:50pm
Additional contributions by ghanley1, Mike Quinn
Last updated 14 June, 2024 - 3:10pm

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