Subfamily Disteniinae

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Season · Works Cited

Long-horned Beetle - Elytrimitatrix undata

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Genus Elytrimitatrix - Elytrimitatrix undata

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 Disteniinae

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

usually treated as a separate family, Disteniidae(1)(2)(3)

Explanation of Names

Disteniidae J. Thomson 1861

Numbers

A single species in our area(4), ~200 spp. in a dozen genera in the New World(5), ~340 spp. in 32 genera total(6)

Identification

Mandibles scalpriform, clypeus oblique to frons, wings lacking a spur on the radio-medial crossvein.

Range

essentially a tropical group; in our area, e. US(5)

Season

mostly Jun-Aug (BG data)

Works Cited

1.	New World Cerambycidae Catalog

2.	Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta) Bouchard P, Bousquet Y, Davies A, Alonso-Zarazaga M, Lawrence JF, Lyal CH, Newton A, Reid CA, Schmitt M, Ślipiński SA, Smith A. 2011. ZooKeys 88: 1–972.

3.	iNaturalist

4.	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.

5.	Checklist of the Oxypeltidae, Vesperidae, Disteniidae and Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) of the Western Hemisphere Bezark L.G., Monné M.A. 2013. 470 pp.

6.	Order Coleoptera Linnaeus, 1758. In: Zhang Z.-Q. (ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification... Ślipiński S.A., Leschen R.A.B., Lawrence J.F. 2011. Zootaxa 3148: 203–208.

Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 11 July, 2006 - 11:34am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov, Arturo Santos
Last updated 31 August, 2022 - 12:05am

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