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Beetles of Zihuatanejo

ORDER COLEOPTERA

Desmiphorini Flat-faced Longhorn
Desmiphorini (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 Desmiphorini


The Desmiphorini is a tribe within the family Cerambycidae, commonly known as the longhorn beetles. Beetles within this tribe are often called flat-faced longhorn beetles due to their distinctively flattened head and face structure. These beetles, like other members of the longhorn family, are characterized by their long antennae, often extending past the length of their bodies.

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