3 longhorns in Papua (Gnoma affinis BOISDUVAL)
Description:
Three Longhorn beetles (2 male 1 female?), 3-4 cm, were "fighting" on a buttress root of a dead tree at the edge of a forest and a sweet potato plantation).This beetle (probably) features ant mimicry (mimetism) [s. comments by Mario Martins].Phylum: Arthropoda (arthroods, Gliederfer)Subphylum: Hexapoda BLAINVILLE, 1816Class: Insecta (insects, Insekten)Subclass: Pterygota (Fluginsekten)Infraclass:Neoptera MARTYNOV, 1923Order: Coleoptera LINNAEUS, 1758 (beetles, Kfer)Suborder:Polyphaga EMERY, 1886Infraorder: Cucujiformia LATREILLE, 1802Superfamily: Chrysomeloidea LATREILLE, 1802Family: Cerambycidae LATREILLE, 1802 (longhorn beetles, Bockkfer)Subfamily: Lamiinae LATREILLE, 1825 (flat-faced longhorns, Weberbcke)Tribus: Gnomini THOMSON, 1864Tribus: Xylorhizini LACORDAIRE, 1872Genus: Gnoma FABRICIUS, 1801Gnoma affinis BOISDUVAL, 1835[det. Andreas Weigel, 2010, based on photos]Indonesia, W-Papua, Manokwari: Syoubrig (Mokwam). 1600m asl, 14.08.2010(IMG_4091)
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- Chrysomeloidea (Long-horned and Leaf Beetles)
- Cerambycidae (long-horned beetles)
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- Gnoma affinis
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