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Cerambycidae

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Cerambycidae

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Also known as longhorn beetle

family of wood-boring beetles with long antennae

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Cerambycidae is a family of insects within the order Coleoptera, class Insecta, and phylum Arthropoda. It belongs to the superfamily Chrysomeloidea in the kingdom Animalia. The family was described by Latreille in 1802 and is currently accepted. Common names for the group include longhorn beetles, Boktorren, kózkowate, ciaróg fhadadharcach, and trebukker. The name is derived from length and horn, while the main food source is tree.

Records for this taxon are held by institutions including USNM, IBUNAM, INECOL, CZUG-CUCBA-UDG, and MHNCA, with occurrences documented in the United States and Mexico. The family has 2,770,204 occurrence records and 13,554 records with 931 media items. It is described in the source Gujin Tushu Jicheng and is referenced by 25,755 other encyclopedia articles.

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Species

longhorn beetles

Cerambycidae

FAMILY

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderColeoptera
  5. FamilyCerambycidae
Observations recorded2,770,204

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
13,554
With media
931
Family
Cerambycidae
Collections
USNM, IBUNAM, INECOL, CZUG-CUCBA-UDG, MHNCA, YPM
Recorded in
United States, Mexico
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Encyclopedic overview

The longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae), also known as long-horned or longicorns (whose larvae are often referred to as roundheaded borers), are a large family of beetles, with over 35,000 species described.

Most species are characterized by antennae as long as or longer than the beetle's body. A few species have short antennae (e.g., Neandra brunnea), making them difficult to distinguish from related families such as Chrysomelidae. "Cerambycidae" comes from a Greek mythological figure: after an argument with nymphs, the shepherd Cerambus is transformed into a large beetle with horns.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cerambycidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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