Longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae)


Longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae)

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30 Jun 2025
https://inaturalist.lu/taxa/332286-Phoracantha-cruciata/browse_photos

Phoracantha cruciata
KimberiRP wrote:
26 Jun 2025
I have it on authority from Dr Adam Slipinski (co-author of the CSIRO book series "Australian longhorn beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)" that this is an undescribed species, meaning it hasn't been formally named and diagnosed. It is a member of the subfamily Cerambycinae.

Cerambycinae (sub-family)
19 Jun 2025
No worries.

I have to add that this beetle may have originated in central or southern Qld and been transported from there within the timber as a borer. I don't have the original source location of the timber.

Phoracantha cruciata
WendyEM wrote:
19 Jun 2025
Be warned I am not a beetle expert.

Phoracantha cruciata
19 Jun 2025
@WendyEM . Thank you for this identification.
I will get around to looking into this species and learning more.

Phoracantha cruciata
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