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Feather horned borer

Distichocera fulginosa

Photo by MartinL
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Field Notes

Description:

A brown longhorn beetle with elaborate antennae (pics 1-3). The elytra are slightly shorter than the body.
The second specimen (pics 3 - 6) has shorter antennae. It was found nearby and is possibly a female.

Habitat:

Feeding on flowering ti-tree

Notes:

This is probably either Distichocera fulginosa or D. par.
See D. par from West Australia.
http://agspsrv34.agric.wa.gov.au/Ento/images/D_par.jpg

https://apps2.cdfa.ca.gov/publicApps/plant/bycidDB/wdetails.asp?id=2011…

Reference Links:

Cerambycidae Species Details

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (7)
MartinL
Thank you professor Mark :)
Mark Ridgway
D par is a sysnonym for D fulginosa in the taxonomy for ALA
MartinL
I do not know which ID is reliable and there is little information that I can find but name D. par does not occur on the species list on ALA or EOL and this might indicate that it is obsolete.
bayucca
I agree, definitely a Distichocera sp., I am not sure the difference between Fulginosa and Par or better the taxonomic relationship between the 2 species. Are they synonyms or subspecies? http://www.cerambycoidea.com/foto.asp?Id=857
MartinL
This looks like (Distichocera par) http://agspsrv34.agric.wa.gov.au/Ento/images/D_par.jpg see also http://www.ces.csiro.au/aicn/name_c/a_1501.htm
MartinL
I'm not certain professor bayucca but I do suspect Cerambycinae
bayucca
Any IDea on the subfamily? Cerambycinae??

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