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Beetles of Zihuatanejo

ORDER COLEOPTERA

Genus Thryallis
Thryallis (Genus)

-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)​

-​Flat-faced Longhorn Beetles (Subfamily Lamiinae)

-Tribe Lamiini​

-Tribe Anisocerini

-Genus Thryallis


This beetle usually displays mottled brown, yellow, or gray coloration that helps it blend into tree bark, providing effective camouflage. Adults are often found on or near dead or decaying wood, where females lay eggs and the larvae bore into the wood to feed.

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