Euderces
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Euderces is a genus
of cerambycid beetle
s.
Many members of this New World
genus are ant mimics
. E. velutinus is a tropical species closely resembling the common ant species Camponotus sericeiventris. Most species are smaller than 5 mm.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of cerambycid beetle
Beetle
Coleoptera is an order of insects commonly called beetles. The word "coleoptera" is from the Greek , koleos, "sheath"; and , pteron, "wing", thus "sheathed wing". Coleoptera contains more species than any other order, constituting almost 25% of all known life-forms...
s.
Many members of this New World
New World
The New World is one of the names used for the Western Hemisphere, specifically America and sometimes Oceania . The term originated in the late 15th century, when America had been recently discovered by European explorers, expanding the geographical horizon of the people of the European middle...
genus are ant mimics
Ant mimicry
Ant mimicry is mimicry of ants by other organisms. Ants are abundant all over the world, and insect predators that rely on vision to identify their prey such as birds and wasps normally avoid them, either because they are unpalatable, or aggressive. Thus some other arthropods mimic ants to escape...
. E. velutinus is a tropical species closely resembling the common ant species Camponotus sericeiventris. Most species are smaller than 5 mm.
Species
- Euderces acutipennis Bates, 1885
- Euderces andersoni Giesbert & Chemsak, 1997
- Euderces aspericollis (Chemsak, 1969)
- Euderces auricaudus Giesbert & Chemsak, 1997
- Euderces azureus Giesbert & Chemsak, 1997
- Euderces basimaculatus Giesbert & Chemsak, 1997
- Euderces batesi Giesbert & Chemsak, 1997
- Euderces bellus Giesbert & Chemsak, 1997
- Euderces bicinctus (Linsley, 1935)
- Euderces biplagiatus Giesbert & Chemsak, 1997
- Euderces boucardi (Chevrolat, 1862)
- Euderces brailovskyi Giesbert & Chemsak, 1997
- Euderces cleriformis (Bates, 1885)
- Euderces cribellatus (Bates, 1885)
- Euderces cribripennis Bates, 1892
- Euderces dilutus Martins, 1975
- Euderces dimidiatipennis (Melzer, 1932)
- Euderces disparicrus Giesbert & Chemsak, 1997
- Euderces elvirae Giesbert & Chemsak, 1997
- Euderces grossistriatus Giesbert & Chemsak, 1997
- Euderces guatemalenus Giesbert & Chemsak, 1997
- Euderces guerinii (Chevrolat, 1862)
- Euderces hoegei (Bates, 1885)
- Euderces howdeni Chemsak, 1969
- Euderces laevicauda Bates, 1885
- Euderces linsleyi Giesbert & Chemsak, 1997
- Euderces longicollis (Linsley, 1935)
- Euderces magnus (Bates, 1885)
- Euderces nelsoni Chemsak, 1969
- Euderces noguerai Giesbert & Chemsak, 1997
- Euderces obliquefasciatus Giesbert & Chemsak, 1997
- Euderces parallelus LeConte, 1873
- Euderces paraposticus Giesbert & Chemsak, 1997
- Euderces perplexus Giesbert & Chemsak, 1997
- Euderces picipes (Fabricius, 1787)
- Euderces pini (Olivier, 1795)
- Euderces posticus (Pascoe, 1866)
- Euderces postipallidus Giesbert & Chemsak, 1997
- Euderces propinquus Giesbert & Chemsak, 1997
- Euderces proximus Giesbert & Chemsak, 1997
- Euderces pulchra (Bates, 1874)
- Euderces pusillus Giesbert & Chemsak, 1997
- Euderces reichei LeConte, 1873
- Euderces reticulatus (Bates, 1885)
- Euderces rubellus (Bates, 1885)
- Euderces sculpticollis (Bates, 1885)
- Euderces spinicornis (Chevrolat, 1835)
- Euderces succinus Giesbert & Chemsak, 1997
- Euderces tibialis Giesbert & Chemsak, 1997
- Euderces turnbowi Giesbert & Chemsak, 1997
- Euderces velutinusEuderces velutinusEuderces velutinus is a Long-horned beetle native to Central America. It is a good ant mimic of the conspicuous species Camponotus sericeiventris.-Description:...
(Fisher, 1931) - Euderces venezuelensis Giesbert & Chemsak, 1997
- Euderces waltli (Chevrolat, 1862)
- Euderces wappesi Giesbert & Chemsak, 1997
- Euderces westcotti Hovore, 1988
- Euderces yucatecus (Bates, 1892)