(Typocerus velutinus)
Conservation • Description • Habitat • Biology • Distribution • Taxonomy
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IUCN Red List | not listed |
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NatureServe | NNR - Unranked |
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Minnesota | not listed |
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Description |
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Banded longhorn beetle is a robust, moderate-sized, flower long-horned beetle. The male is ⅜″ to 9 ⁄16″ (9 to 14 mm), the female slightly larger, ⅜″ to ⅝″ (10 to 16 mm) in length. It is common in eastern North America from Nova Scotia to Manitoba south to Arkansas and South Carolina. The hard plate covering the first segment of the thorax (pronotum) is black, a little wider than long, narrower in front, and broader in back. There is a narrow dense line of gold hairs at the front and back edges on the pronotum. The hard wing coverings (elytra) more than twice as long as wide, They are broad in the front and taper evenly and strongly to the back. They are reddish to black with four yellow bands that may be reduced to spots on some individuals. The head and antennae are black. The head is vertical and is deeply impressed behind the eyes. The antennae have 11 segments. The legs are pale. -------------------------------------- |
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Size |
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Male: ⅜″ to 9 ⁄16″ Female: ⅜″ to ⅝″ |
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Habitat |
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Woodland openings, fields adjacent to woodlands |
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Biology |
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Season |
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May to September |
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Behavior |
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Life Cycle |
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Larva Food |
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Moist, dead wood |
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Adult Food |
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Nectar and pollen of flowers |
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Distribution |
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Taxonomy |
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Order |
Coleoptera (beetles) | ||
Suborder |
Polyphaga (water, rove, scarab, long-horned, leaf, and snout beetles) | ||
Infraorder |
Cucujiformia | ||
Superfamily |
Chrysomeloidea (long-horned and allies) | ||
Family |
Cerambycidae (longhorn beetles) | ||
Subfamily |
Lepturinae (flower longhorn beetles) | ||
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Lepturini | ||
Genus |
Typocerus | ||
Subordinate Taxa |
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banded longhorn beetle (Typocerus velutinus nobilis) banded longhorn beetle (Typocerus velutinus velutinus) |
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Synonyms |
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Common Names |
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banded longhorn banded longhorn beetle |
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Glossary
Elytra
The hardened or leathery forewings on an insect used to protect the fragile hindwings, which are used for flying, in beetles and true bugs
Pronotum
The exoskeletal plate on the upper side of the first segment of the thorax of an insect.
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This one was sipping nectar and are pretty shy to movement. | ![]() |
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Banded Longhorn Beetle (Cerambycidae: Typocerus) Carl Barrentine |
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About
Published on Jul 22, 2009 Photographed at the Rydell NWR, Minnesota (22 July 2009). |
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Banded Longhorn Beetle - August 10, 2013 Don Gagnon |
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About
Published on Aug 10, 2013 Banded Longhorn (Typocerus velutinus), Nectaring Lemony Yellow Dahlia, Butterfly Garden, Gagnon Wildlife Habitat, Pottersville, Somerset, Massachusetts, Saturday morning, August 10, 2013, 9:27 AM - Canon PowerShot SX50 HS MVI_39483; 5:35 min. |
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Banded Long-horn Beetle (Cerambycidae: Typocerus velutinus) on Blossom Carl Barrentine |
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Published on Jul 21, 2010 Photographed at the Rydell NWR, Minnesota (21 July 2010). |
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Created: 7/21/2017
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