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Placosternus
Genus
Placosternus
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
Clytini
Genus
Placosternus
Explanation of Names
Placosternus
Hopping 1937
Numbers
2 spp. in our area, 4 spp. in the New World
(
1
)
Identification
Separated from
Megacyllene
by the basal antennomere lacking a spine.
(
2
)
Range
so. US (FL-CA) to Venezuela-Colombia
(
1
)
See Also
Megacyllene
widespread
Works Cited
1.
New World Cerambycidae Catalog
2.
American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
Contributed by
Joshua Stuart Rose
on 12 November, 2005 - 4:01pm
Additional contributions by
Mike Quinn
,
v belov
,
Nathaniel Green
Last updated 30 December, 2021 - 4:11pm