Subfamily Lamiinae - Flat-faced Longhorn Beetles (original) (raw)

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)

Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Longhorn and Leaf Beetles)

Family Cerambycidae (Longhorn Beetles)

Subfamily Lamiinae (Flat-faced Longhorn Beetles)

Explanation of Names

Lamiinae Latreille 1825

Numbers

an exceptionally large group: with ~250 spp. in ~50 genera of 20 tribes in our area, almost 5,000 spp. in >800 genera of ~40 tribes in the New World(1), and >20,000 spp. in >3,000 genera of ~80 tribes worldwide(2)

Identification

face rather vertical, terminal maxillary palpomere pointed(3)

Range

worldwide, by far most diverse in the tropics(2)

Works Cited

3.	Borror and DeLong's Introduction to the Study of InsectsNorman F. Johnson, Charles A. Triplehorn. 2004. Brooks Cole.