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FAMILY CERAMBYCIDAE
- This page contains pictures and information about Longicorn Beetles in
tribe Niphonini that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland,
Australia.
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- Longicorn Beetles in this tribe are usually large in size. Larvae feed and
live in wood of native trees include Leptospermum and Acacia.
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- She-Oak Longicorn
 
- ? Symphyletes sp., body length 30mm
- We saw this longicorn once on a
large She-Oak tree in Karawatha Forest during early summer. We cannot ID this
beetle. More pictures of this beetle can be found in this page.
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- Tea-tree Longicorn Beetle
 
- Platyomopsis obliqua, body length 25mm
- We found this beetle on a large Tea-tree (Leptospermum polygalifolium)
in Karawatha Forest on early summer Oct 2007. The beetle was very slow moving.
Please click on here for more information.
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- Dark Brown Longicorn Beetle
 
- ? Platyomopsis sp., body length 20mm
- This black Longicorn Beetle was found near Wishart Outlook feeding on
Red Bottle Bush. Quite a number of them found on the same tree. They were slow in
motion and concentrating on feeding. They are dark brown in colour with
yellowish-white dots on their thorax and both sides of their forewings. Please
also visit this page for more information
on this beetle.
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- Green Longicorn Beetle
- Platyomopsis nigrovirens (Rhytiphora nigrovirens), body length 20mm
- We found this beetle once in Daisy Hill near Buhot Creek on Apr 2008. It
was found on Wild Passionfruit Vine Passiflora sp.. More pictures and
information can be found in this page.
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- Acacia Longicorn Beetle I
  - Penthea solida , body length
female 30mm, male 20mm
- In mid summer, on those young Acacia trees in Mt Cotton, we found a few of those Longicorn
Beetles. Some of them are actively moving around. When disturbed, some dropped
onto the ground and played dead, some slowly flied away. More information
and pictures please visit this page.
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- Acacia Longicorn Beetle II
- Penthea pardalis, body length
female 30mm
- As most other longicorn beetles, this Acacia Longicorn Beetle
is very slow moving. When disturbed, the beetle plays dead. Please check this page
for more information.
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- Reference:
- 1. A guide to the Genera of Beetles of South Australia Part.7 - Matthews, E.G. & Reid
C.A.M.Adelaide, Eureca Corporate Group.
- 2. Cerambycidae, subfamily Lamiinae - lifeunseen.com, by Nick Monaghan.
- 3. Insects
of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University
Press, 2nd Edition 1991, p 673.
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