| Euderces | |
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| Euderces picipes | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Cerambycidae |
| Tribe: | Tillomorphini |
| Genus: | Euderces LeConte, 1850 |
| Species | |
See text | |
| Diversity | |
| c. 60 species | |
| Synonyms | |
ApeloceraChevrolat, 1862 Contents | |
Euderces is a genus of longhorn beetles, family Cerambycidae. They are found in South, Central, and North America, with the centre of diversity in southern Mexico and Guatemala. [1]
Many members of this New World genus are ant mimics. [1] E. velutinus is a tropical species closely resembling the common ant species Camponotus sericeiventris . Most species are smaller than 5 mm.
