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Moneilema, or cactus longhorn beetles are a genus of large, flightless, black beetles found in North American deserts of the western United States and northern Mexico. M. gigas is native to the Sonoran Desert at elevations below 4900 feet (1500m). [ 1 ]
Anastrangalia laetifica, the dimorphic flower longhorn, is a species of beetle from family Cerambycidae found in Canada, United States, and Mexico. [1] The male elytras are all black, while the females have 4 black dots on their red coloured elytra . [ 2 ]
Moneilema semipunctatum is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. [1] It was described by John Lawrence LeConte in 1852. [1] It is known commonly as the cactus borer beetle. Beetles of genus Moneilema are known commonly as cactus longhorn beetles. [2] It is native to North America, where it occurs in the western United States and ...
The proportion of longhorn beetle species that act as pollinators is unknown. The fact that two species of longhorn species from distinct subfamilies ( Lepturinae and Cerambycinae ) found on different continents both with significant roles as pollinators could suggest that some capacity for pollination may be common among longhorn beetles.
Knulliana is a genus of longhorn beetles.It is monotypic, being represented by the single species Knulliana cincta, commonly known as the banded hickory borer. [1] The species may be found throughout the eastern half of North America, including Mexico and the Bahamas, with one subspecies extending to the Sonoran Desert.
The sole species, Hylotrupes bajulus, is known by several common names, including house longhorn beetle, old house borer, [1] and European house borer. [2] In South Africa it also is known as the Italian beetle because of infested packing cases that had come from Italy. [3] Hylotrupes is the only genus in the tribe Hylotrupini.
Moneilema gigas is a large, flightless, black beetle native to the Sonoran desert at elevations below 1500 metres. [1] The front wings are fused forming a single, hardened shell. Collectively - with 19 other Moneilema species - M. gigas is also known as the cactus longhorn beetle .
Placosternus difficilis, commonly known as the mesquite borer, is a wood-boring longhorn beetle [1] [2] which resembles a black and yellow wasp. [3] Larvae of mesquite borers are deposited in, among others, mesquite trees, although it has been recorded from a range of hosts and is considered polyphagous. [4]