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Beetles of Zihuatanejo

ORDER COLEOPTERA

Ceresium unicolor
Ceresium unicolor

-Animals (Kingdom Animalia)

-Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)

-Hexapods (Subphylum Hexapoda)

-Insects (Class Insecta)

-Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)

-Beetles (Order Coleoptera​​)

-​Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf, and Snout Beetles (Suborder Polyphaga)

-​Cucujiform Beetles (Infraorder Cucujiformia)

-Longhorn Beetles (Family Cerambycidae)​

-​Round-necked Longhorn Beetles (Subfamily Cerambycinae)

-Tribe Callidiopini

-Genus Ceresium

-Ceresium unicolor


Ceresium unicolor is a species of beetle belonging to the family Cerambycidae, commonly known as longhorn beetles. This beetle is characterized by its uniform coloration, which is usually a shade of brown. Adult beetles feed on the foliage of trees and shrubs, while the larvae develop inside the wood of various host plants, contributing to their ecological role as decomposers.

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