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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) » Cerambycinae » Elaphidiini » Parelaphidion » Parelaphidion aspersum
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Cerambycid Beetle - Parelaphidion aspersum
Copyright © 2006 Bill Johnson

Cerambycid Beetle - Parelaphidion aspersum
Franklin, Virginia, USA
July 19, 2003
Is this the 'Pine Sawyer' longhorn beetle? If not, would anyone have a correct ID for it? Thanks.
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Contributed by Bill Johnson on 30 September, 2006 - 12:34am
Last updated 15 January, 2010 - 11:11am

Moved
Moved from Cerambycinae.
… Jim McClarin, 16 May, 2007 - 6:43pm login or register to post comments

I don't think so.
It does look quite a bit like one, but it appears to lack lateral spikes on the pronotum and it has spiny rather than smooth antennae. Looks more like Enaphalodes to me. Could this beetle have had more red in it than your photo reveals?
… Jim McClarin, 1 October, 2006 - 3:59am login or register to post comments

 
or even Parelaphidion?
Looks kind of like P. aspersum in Yanega. But I also can't tell if there's any spines on the elytra tips.
… Tim Moyer, 3 October, 2006 - 3:27pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes...
...this is Parelaphidion aspersum
… Ted C. MacRae, 16 May, 2007 - 10:32am login or register to post comments

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