Anelaphus villosus, the twig pruner, is a species in the longhorn beetle family Cerambycidae. It is found in the eastern half of the United States and southeastern Canada.
| Anelaphus villosus | |
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| Anelaphus villosus, Oklahoma | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Cerambycidae |
| Subfamily: | Cerambycinae |
| Tribe: | Elaphidiini |
| Genus: | Anelaphus |
| Species: | A. villosus
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| Binomial name | |
| Anelaphus villosus (Fabricius, 1792)
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The species Anelaphus parallelus has been determined to be a taxonomic synonym of Anelaphus villosus. They are now treated as the same species under the name Anelaphus villosus.[1][2][3]
References edit
- ^ "Anelaphus villosus". GBIF. Retrieved 2021-09-22.
- ^ "Anelaphus villosus species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2021-09-22.
- ^ Bezark, Larry G. "A Photographic Catalog of the Cerambycidae of the New World". Archived from the original on 2019-07-19. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
Further reading edit
- Bezark, L. G.; Monné, M. A. (2016). Checklist of the Oxypeltidae, Vesperidae, Disteniidae and Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) of the Western Hemisphere (PDF) (Report). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-07-24. Retrieved 2021-09-23.