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Long horned beetle

Family Cerambycidae

1 Species ID Suggestions

patty
patty 11 years ago
Guitarrero
violaceus compsocerus


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11 Comments

patty
patty 11 years ago

I found this link: http://www.elcascarudo.com/
maybe searching a bit more...
Greetings

patty
patty 11 years ago

Got the antennas but the body is not exact but I guess it is in this family...: http://www.google.com/imgres?um=1&hl...

patty
patty 11 years ago

What about something like this:
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http...

oxyjack
oxyjack 11 years ago

All the photos I can find for Violaceus compsocerus have red antennae with a black pouf in the middle. I can't find any with antennae that look like Sergio's photo.

patty
patty 11 years ago

it is a "coleóptero". I couldn´t find its reference in wikipedia but I am quite sure because we have plenty. =)

patty
patty 11 years ago

In Uruguay we have plenty guitarreros, they are famous for the sound that they make and their beauty =). Greetings

oxyjack
oxyjack 12 years ago

I agree, it really does LOOK like a long-horned beetle. I was just taking a closer look and noticed how big those antennal segments were. It has to have 11-13 segments to be a cerambycid. It's a really nice-looking beetle!

rutasandinas
rutasandinas 12 years ago

Grandioso !!

Sergio Monteiro
Sergio Monteiro 12 years ago

Jack, I believe you are right. In my defense, see how the guy in the link bellow looks just like this one (less the pom-poms, of course).

http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/821...

oxyjack
oxyjack 12 years ago

And a very pretty one too!

oxyjack
oxyjack 12 years ago

This beetle doesn't have enough antennal segments to be a cerambycid, Sergio. It's more likely to be a cantharid.

Sergio Monteiro
Spotted by
Sergio Monteiro

Curitiba, PR, Brazil

Spotted on Apr 24, 2012
Submitted on Apr 27, 2012

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