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Genus Asemum

Beetle  - Asemum striatum beetle - Asemum striatum Asemum nitidum - female Long-horned Beetle - Asemum striatum Asemum australe? - Asemum australe Megasemum asperum - Asemum striatum Ahropalus sp? - Asemum australe Asermum - Asemum australe
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 Spondylidinae
Tribe Asemini
Genus Asemum
Explanation of Names
Asemum Eschscholtz 1830
Numbers
4 spp. in our area, 5 in the New World(1), several more in Eurasia
Range
A. striatum circumboreal, A. australe in e. US, 2 spp. western(1)
Food
conifers, mostly pines(2)
Works Cited
1.New World Cerambycidae Catalog
2.Field Guide to Northeastern Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
Douglas Yanega. 1996. Illinois Natural History Survey.