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FAMILY CERAMBYCIDAE
- This page contains pictures and information about Longicorn Beetles of subfamily
Lamiinae that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland,
Australia.
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- Fig Longicorn Beetle
 
- Acalolepta vastator (Dihammus vastator), tribe Monochamini, body length 35mm
- The first picture was taken near our windows on OCT 2000. It was attracted
to our window by the window light. We sometimes found them when bush walking. They are quite common in
Brisbane. Their antenna are 1.5 time of its body length. The beetle is grayish
brown in colour. There this the sharp points on its shoulder part of its
forewings. There are another two sharp points on it thorax. More information
please click here.
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- Sheep Longicorn Beetle
 - Monohammus frenchi or Dihammus ovinus , tribe Monochamini, body length 35mm
- We found this beetle on the wall outside our house early summer. Please
also check this page for more information.
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- Small Acacia Longicorn Beetle I
 - Ancita crocogaster, tribe Ancitini,
body length 10mm
- This is a small longicorn beetle, with body length only
about 10mm. We found in Mt Coot-tha on new shoots of a small Acacia tree
during late summer March 2008. The beetle was very slow moving, walking around
on plants because of our disturbed, drop onto the ground after we took a few
photos. Please also check this page for more information and pictures.
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- Small Acacia Longicorn Beetle II
  - Ancita varicornis, tribe Ancitini, body length 10mm
- This is a small Longicorn Beetle. It is black in colour with white
doted-lines pattern. The femur of all its legs are covered with dense white
hairs. There are hairs on its long antenna too. We found a number of them on a
Acacia tree near Bulimba Creek in Wishart during early summer. Please check
this page for more pictures and
information.
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- Double-coned Longicorn Beetle
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 - Zygocera
plumifera,
tribe Zygocerini, body length 20mm
- This Longicorn Beetle was found near Wishart Outlook. It had two cones at the base of
each forewing, or elytra.
It was dark brown in colour with yellowish-white dots on their thorax and
both side of their forewings. When it walked on the tree trunk with lichen, it
was well camouflaged.
- 1. Specimen Image Index - Insect Reference Collection Database - ICDB, Western Australian Department of Agriculture.
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- She-Oak Longicorn
- ? Symphyletes sp., tribe Niphonini, body length 30mm
- We saw this longicorn once on a
large She-Oak tree in Karawatha Forest during early summer. We cannot ID this
beetle. More pictures of this beetle can be found in this page.
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- Tea-tree Longicorn Beetle
- Platyomopsis obliqua, tribe Niphonini, body length 25mm
- We found this beetle on a large Tea-tree (Leptospermum polygalifolium)
in Karawatha Forest on early summer Oct 2007. The beetle was very slow moving.
Please click on here for more information.
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- Dark Brown Longicorn Beetle
 
- ? Platyomopsis sp., tribe Niphonini, body length 20mm
- This black Longicorn Beetle was found near Wishart Outlook feeding on
Red Bottle Bush. Quite a number of them found on the same tree. They were slow in
motion and concentrating on feeding. They are dark brown in colour with
yellowish-white dots on their thorax and both sides of their forewings. Please
also visit this page for more information
on this beetle.
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- Green Longicorn Beetle
- Platyomopsis nigrovirens (Rhytiphora nigrovirens), tribe Niphonini, body length 20mm
- We found this beetle once in Daisy Hill near Buhot Creek on Apr 2008. It
was found on Wild Passionfruit Vine Passiflora sp.. More pictures and
information can be found in this page.
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- Acacia Longicorn Beetle
  - Penthea
vermicularia or P. solida , tribe Niphonini, body length
female 30mm, male 20mm
- In mid summer, on those young Acacia trees in Mt Cotton, we found a few of those Longicorn
Beetles. Some of them are actively moving around. When disturbed, some dropped
onto the ground and played dead, some slowly flied away. More information
and pictures please visit this page.
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- Small Longicorn
 - Pentacosmia sp., tribe Acanthocinini , body length 10mm
- This is the smallest longicorn that we even found. This small longicorn is only 10mm body length. It was sitting on the top of
a dry plant, its antenna was up, seems waiting for something. Please check
this page for more information.
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- Small Longicorn Beetle found on Fern
  - Sybra sp., tribe Ptericoptini, body length 15mm
- Pictures taken early summer in Yugarapul Park, Brisbane.
- We just received a email from Boris Büche advised
that this is a Sybra sp. beetle.
- Reference:
- 1. Genus
Sybra - BugGuide.Net - Iowa State University Entomology, 2006.
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- Reference:
- 1. A guide to the Genera of Beetles of South Australia Part.7 - Matthews, E.G. & Reid
C.A.M.Adelaide, Eureca Corporate Group.
- 2. Cerambycidae, subfamily Lamiinae - lifeunseen.com, by Nick Monaghan.
- 3. Insects
of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University
Press, 2nd Edition 1991, p 673.
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