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"The Cerambycidae, commonly known as longhorned beetles, longicorns, capricorns, round-headed borers, timber beetles, goat beetles (bock-käfern), or sawyer beetles, comprise one of the largest and most varied families of Coleoptera, with body length alone varying from ± 2.5 mm (Cyrtinus sp.) to slightly over 17 cm (Titanus giganteus). Distributed world-wide from sea level to montane sites as high as 4,200 m elevation wherever their host plants are found, cerambycids have long been a favorite with collectors. Taxonomic interest in the family has been fairly consistent for the past century, but the description of new taxa has accelerated in recent decades thanks to the efforts of Chemsak, Linsley, Giesbert, Martins, Monné, Galileo, Napp, and other workers." (text borrowed from Monné & Hovore, 2005)

NEW Checklist of the Cerambycidae of the Western Hemisphere, by Monné & Hovore, 2005.

Checklist of the Cerambycidae of the Western Hemisphere

  Macropophora lacordairei Lepesme Macropophora lacordairei Lepesme, Santa Cruz, Bolivia 2005 (Photo credit: Gino Nearns)

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