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Species Moneilema gigas

Opuntia borer - Moneilema gigas Cactus Beetle - Moneilema gigas Cactus Beetle - Moneilema gigas Cactus Longhorned Beetle - Moneilema gigas Beetle - Moneilema gigas Cactus Longhorned Beetle  - Moneilema gigas Moneilema gigas Moneilema gigas? - Moneilema gigas
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 Moneilemini
Genus Moneilema (Cactus Longhorned Beetles)
Species gigas (Moneilema gigas)
Explanation of Names
Moneilema gigas LeConte 1873
Range
sw. US (AZ, UT); w. Mexico(1)
Internet References
Desert Ecology of Tuscon -- photo and brief profile