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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 ]
Moneilema – cactus longhorn beetles, which are flightless; Onychocerus albitarsis – the only known beetle with a venomous sting; Petrognatha gigas – giant African longhorn beetle; Prionoplus reticularis – huhu beetle, the heaviest beetle in New Zealand; Rosalia alpina – Rosalia longhorn beetle, a threatened European species
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 ...
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.
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]
Prionus californicus, commonly known as the California root borer, is a species of insect in the longhorn beetle family (Cerambycidae). It is native to the American west where it is often a pest of orchard and vine crops.
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 ]
The cottonwood borer (Plectrodera scalator) is a species of longhorn beetle found in the United States east of the Rocky Mountains that feeds on cottonwood trees. [3] It is one of the largest insects in North America, with lengths reaching 40 millimetres (1.6 in) and widths, 12 mm (0.47 in). It is the only species in the genus Plectrodera. [4]