flower longhorn beetles
(Grammoptera spp.)
Overview • Description • Distribution • Taxonomy
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Description |
The head is small. The temples are large and rounded. The antennae are long, thread-like, and at least half as long as the body. The antennae bases are widely separated and are not surrounded by the compound eye. The upper thoracic shield (pronotum) is long and bell-shaped. It is not grooved and does not have a depression in the middle. The angles at the rear (posterior) corners of the pronotum are very sharp and point outward. The hardened wing covers (elytra) are slender. The legs are long and slender. The last part of each leg (tarsus), corresponding to the foot, has five segments but the fourth segment is minute and is concealed within the lobes of the heart-shaped third segment, making it appear that there are only four segments. |
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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 (leaf beetles and allies) |
Family |
Cerambycidae (longhorn beetles) |
Subfamily |
Lepturinae (flower longhorn beetles) |
Tribe |
Lepturini |
Subordinate Taxa |
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black grammoptera (Grammoptera abdominalis) burnt-tip grammoptera (Grammoptera ustulata) common grammoptera (Grammoptera ruficornis) confined long-horned beetle (Grammoptera exigua) dogwood long-horned beetle (Grammoptera haematites) flower longhorn beetle (Grammoptera militaris) flower longhorn beetle (Grammoptera rhodopus) metallic long-horned beetle (Grammoptera molybdica) |
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Common Names |
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This genus has no common name. The common name of the subfamily Lepturinae is flower long-horned beetles, and it is applied here for convenience. |
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Glossary
Elytra
The hardened or leathery forewings of beetles used to protect the fragile hindwings, which are used for flying. Singular: elytron.
Pronotum
The exoskeletal plate on the upper side of the first segment of the thorax of an insect.
Tarsus
On insects, the last two to five subdivisions of the leg, attached to the tibia; the foot. On spiders, the last segment of the leg. Plural: tarsi.
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