Euporus

Euporus
	Euporus cupreifrons
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Cerambycidae
Subfamily:	Cerambycinae
Genus:	Euporus; Audinet-Serville, 1834
Species
	See text.

Euporus is a genus of beetles belonging to the large subfamily Cerambycinae in the family of longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae).^[1]

Appearance

Medium-sized, slender and long-legged, usually shiny and metallic longhorn beetle. The head is slightly snout-shaped and elongated. The antennae are usually longer than the body, and rather thin. The pronotum is rounded without teeth on the sides. The coverts are almost evenly wide. The hind legs are particularly long, the thighs thickened at the tip.

Life cycle

The larvae develop in the wood of deciduous trees.

Prevalence

The genus is widespread in Africa.

Systematic division

Order Beetle, Coleoptera Linnaeus, 1758
- Suborder Polyphaga Emery, 1886
  - group (infraorder) Cucujiformia Lameere, 1938
    - Superfamily Chrysomeloidea Latreille, 1802 (=Phytophaga)
      - Family longhorn beetles, Cerambycidae Latreille, 1802
        Subfamily Cerambycinae Latreille, 1802
        Tribe Callichromatini Blanchard, 1845
        Genus Euporus Audinet-Serville, 1834
        Subgenus Euporus
        Euporus abyssinicus Müller, 1939
        
        Euporus amabilis Hope, 1843
        
        Euporus dubius Schmidt, 1922
        
        Euporus gracilis Hintz, 1919
        
        Euporus illaesicollis Quedenfeldt, 1883
        
        Euporus itimbirensis Duvivier, 1891
        
        Euporus katanganus Burgeon, 1931
        
        Euporus laevis Schmidt, 1922
        
        Euporus linearis Schmidt, 1922
        
        Euporus liobasis (Bates, 1879)
        
        Euporus pygmaeus Schmidt, 1922
        
        Euporus similis Jordan, 1894
        
        Euporus strangulatus Audinet-Serville, 1834
        
        Euporus torquatus (Dalman, 1817)
        
        Subgenus Hintziellus Schmidt, 1922
        Euporus nasutus Quedenfeldt, 1882
        
        Euporus plagiatus (Dalman, 1817)
        
        Subgenus Meporus Schmidt, 1922
        Euporus kuntzeni Schmidt, 1922
        
        Subgenus Sphaleroporus Schmidt, 1922
        Euporus amethystinus Quedenfeldt, 1882
        
        Euporus conradtiellus Kolbe, 1894
        
        Euporus crucifer Schmidt, 1922
        
        Euporus cupreifrons (Aurivillius, 1914)
        
        Euporus ignicollis Pascoe, 1864
        
        Euporus partitus Gerstäcker, 1884
        
        Euporus tenellus (Bates, 1879)

References

1 2 "ADW: Euporus: CLASSIFICATION".

List of species
Catalogue of data, European, African, and Asiatic species Archived 5 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine

External links

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[AD-1] 1 2 "ADW: Euporus: CLASSIFICATION".

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