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Flat faced longicorn beetle

Photo by Mark Ridgway
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Field Notes

Description:

About 35mm long. This cerambycid beetle seems to be hiding it's face which is strange for these as mouth parts, eyes and antennae are usually prominent.

Habitat:

Attracted to night lights at the local school.

Notes:

Searching Cerambycidae... Subfamily Lamiinae.? (downward faces)

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (11)
bayucca
I know... Any IDeas of the subfamily? Prioninae? Cerambycinae?
stho002
No, it is not that species bayucca
bayucca
Don't count on officials!! I wasted tons of hours looking for a bug/beetle only to know at the end it was an introduced species/pest! You never know! ;-)... My guess was a quicky, quite serious, but not as serious having checked all the necessary details. Now, you might enlighten the darkness a little bit more over the weekend, remember: f-u-n...!
Mark Ridgway
Very impressive similarity Doc but officially not in this country and apparently we're doing our best to keep it out. http://www.padil.gov.au/pests-and-diseases/Pest/Main/135566 ...It looks so similar though except the antennae are proportionally longer and it has 3 small bumps on the thorax instead of 4. That does it - I'm going to buy a serious beetle book.
bayucca
Stromatium barbatum, Kulsi Teak Borer??? Just a blind shot into the beetle darkness... http://www.forestryimages.org/browse/detail.cfm?imgnum=5317034 http://www.invasive.org/browse/detail.cfm?imgnum=5461762 http://www.cerambycoidea.com/public/imgforum/Pic7649.jpg http://www.nbaii.res.in/insectpests/images/Stromatium-barbatum9.jpg http://www.nbaii.res.in/insectpests/Stromatium-barbatum.php Maybe not, but take it as part of fun ;-)...
Mark Ridgway
Thanks for that input Stephen. I tried to get it to look up but it just wanted to sulk. Next time I'll flip it over :-) ... search modified...
stho002
It might not be Lamiinae ... just got its head bent down?
Mark Ridgway
I do like your profile pic Alice. Has the cheetah got a cough?
AliceGreenup
Oh of course mark! How silly of me, I must have been in another world wheni was looking at that one!!
Mark Ridgway
Thanks for looking at it Alice. I can't find any occurrence of Tragosoma genus in Australia. ?? T depsarium seems to be a foreigner.
AliceGreenup
Do you think this one could be Tragosoma depsarium?

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Beetles of Southeastern Australia
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Dandenong Ranges - fauna & flora
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Upper Ferntree Gully Primary School
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PublishedOctober 10, 2013

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