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ARISTOBIA APPROXIMATOR

ORANGE SPOTTED LONGHORN BEETLE TAXIDERMY

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Common names: Tuft-bearing Longhorn beetle, Orange spotted Longhorn Beetle, Black and Yellow Longhorn Beetle,

Exotic Dried Spread Longhorn Beetle, Longhorned Borer

Familie: Cerambycidae

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Classification

Phylum Arthropoda

Class Insecta

Coleoptera

Cerambycidae

Aristobia

LONGHORN BEETLES

(Cerambycidae; also known as long-horned beetles or longicorns) 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 (e.g., Neandra brunnea, figured below) and such species can be difficult to distinguish from related beetle families such as Chrysomelidae.

The family is large, with over 20,000 species described, slightly more than half from the Eastern Hemisphere. Several are serious pests. The larvae, called roundheaded borers, bore into wood, where they can cause extensive damage to either living trees or untreated lumber (or, occasionally, 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 titan 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 16.7 centimetres (6.6 in).

LONGHORN APPROXIMATOR GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION :

Cambodia, India (peninsula), Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Palaearctic China, Xizang, Subtropical China, Yunnan, Thailand & Vietnam.

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