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Beetles of Zihuatanejo

ORDER COLEOPTERA

Acanthocinini Flat-faced Longhorn
Acanthocinini (Tribe)

-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 Acanthocinini​


The Acanthocinini tribe, commonly known as flat-faced longhorn beetles, is part of the Cerambycidae family, known for their distinctively flattened faces and elongated antennae. Larvae are wood-borers, tunneling through dead or dying wood as they feed, while adults primarily consume plant material, such as leaves, bark, and occasionally nectar.

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