Biology:Euderces
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Short description: Genus of beetles
| Euderces | |
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| Euderces picipes | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Cerambycidae |
| Tribe: | Tillomorphini |
| Genus: | Euderces LeConte, 1850 |
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| Diversity | |
| c. 60 species | |
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Apelocera Chevrolat, 1862 | |
Euderces is a genus of longhorn beetles, family Cerambycidae. They are found in South, Central, and North America, with the centre of diversity in southern Mexico and Guatemala.[1]
Many members of this New World genus are ant mimics.[1] E. velutinus is a tropical species closely resembling the common ant species Camponotus sericeiventris. Most species are smaller than 5 mm.
Distribution
Four species of this genus occur in the United States .
Species
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Giesbert, Edmund F.; Chemsak, John A. (1997). "A review of the genus Euderces LeConte (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Tillomorphini)". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. 4th series 49: 211–286. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/52971#/summary.
- BioLib.cz: Genus Euderces
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q5406505 entry
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