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Genus Lepturges

Cerambycidae, dorsalX - Lepturges confluens

Lepturges, maybe symmetricus? - Lepturges pictus

Brown-oval longhorn ebetle - Lepturges confluens

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 Lamiinae (Flat-faced Longhorn Beetles)

Tribe Acanthocinini

Genus Lepturges

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Lepturges Bates 1863

Numbers

9 spp. (all in the nominate subgenus) in our area, >90 spp. in 2 subgenera total, of which >70 spp. in the nominate subgenus(1)

Range

e. NA to Argentina; in our area, all but 2 spp. are eastern and mostly widespread (2 spp. are restricted to TX & AZ)(1)

Works Cited

1.	New World Cerambycidae Catalog

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 22 June, 2006 - 12:21am
Additional contributions by cotinis, v belov
Last updated 8 December, 2011 - 11:10am

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