Meganoplium

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Meganoplium
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Meganoplium imbelle, California
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cerambycidae
Subfamily: Cerambycinae
Tribe: Hesperophanini
Genus: Meganoplium
Linsley, 1940
Species:
M. imbelle
Binomial name
Meganoplium imbelle
(LeConte, 1881)

Meganoplium is a monotypic beetle genus in the family Cerambycidae described by Linsley in 1940. [1] Its single species, Meganoplium imbelle, was first described by John Lawrence LeConte in 1881 as Elaphidion imbelle. [2] [3] [4] [5]

This species occurs in the US state of California and in northwestern Mexico. Its larvae have been observed feeding on dead live oak. [6] [7] [8] [3] [4] [5]

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References

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