ANTHRACOCENTRUS BERINGEIEmbedded in clear epoxy resin |
Classification Phylum Arthropoda Class Insecta Order Coleoptera Family Cerambycidae Subfamily Prioninae Tribe Acanthophorini Genus Anthracocentrus Species A. Beringei
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ANTHRACOCENTRUS BERINGEI The tribe Acanthophorini Thomson, 1864 currently contains ~15 species in 6 genera. Photographs of 4 exemplar specimens are currently available for this tribe. Distribution: Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania The longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae), also known as long-horned or longicorns, are a large family of beetles, with over 35,000 species described, slightly more than half from the Eastern Hemisphere. Most species are characterized by extremely long antennae, which are often as long as or longer than the beetle's body. Other than the antennal length, the most consistently distinctive feature of the family is that the antennal sockets are located on low tubercles on the face; other beetles with long antennae lack these tubercles, and cerambycids with short antennae still possess them. They otherwise vary greatly in size, shape, sculpture, and coloration. A number of species mimic ants, bees, and wasps, though a majority of species are cryptically colored. The titan beetle (Titanus giganteus) from northeastern South America is often considered the largest insect (though not the heaviest, and not the longest including legs), with a maximum known body length of just over 16.7 cm .
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