Euporus is a genus of beetles belonging to the large subfamily Cerambycinae in the family of longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae).
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
List of species Catalogue of data, European, African, and Asiatic species
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