Everything about The Longhorn Beetle totally explained
The
longhorn beetles or
long-horned beetles (
Cerambycidae) are a cosmopolitan family of
beetles, typically characterized by extremely long
antennae, which are often as long as or longer than the beetle's body. In various members of the family, however, the antennae are quite short (for example,
Neandra brunnea, figured below) and such species can only be recognized with difficulty from related beetle families such as
Chrysomelidae. The family is large, with over 20,000 species described. Several are serious
pests, with the
larvae boring into
wood, where they can cause extensive damage to either living
trees or to wood in
buildings; the
old-house borer (
Hylotrupes bajulus) being a particular problem indoors. A number of species mimic
ants,
bees, and
wasps, though a majority of species are cryptically colored. The rare
giant long-horned beetle (
Titanus giganteus) from northeastern
South America is often considered the largest (though not the heaviest, and not the longest including legs) insect, with a maximum known body length of just over 16 centimeters.
Classification
As with many large families, different authorities have tended to recognize many different subfamilies, or sometimes split subfamilies off as separate families entirely (for example,
Disteniidae,
Oxypeltidae, and
Vesperidae;
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Notable species
Selected photos
Visual gallery of Cerambycidae
Image:Locust borer wiki.jpg|Locust BorerMegacyllene robiniae (Förster, 1771)
Image:Tetraopes tetrophthalmus-1.jpg|Milkweed beetle, Tetraopes tetrophthalmus (Förster, 1771)
Image:Longhorn Parandra brunnea 1.jpg|Neandra brunnea (Fabricius, 1798)
Image:Aromia moschata00001xx small.jpg|Aromia moschata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Image:Spotted Tylosis, Longhorn beetle, Albuquerque2.JPG|Tylosis maculatus LeConte, 1850
Image:Callimetopusirroratus.jpg|Prosoplus bankii (Fabricius, 1775)
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