Megacheuma
Genus of beetles
Megacheuma brevipenne | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Suborder: | Polyphaga |
Family: | Cerambycidae |
Subfamily: | Cerambycinae |
Tribe: | Clytini |
Genus: | Megacheuma Mickel, 1919 |
Species: | M. brevipenne |
Binomial name | |
Megacheuma brevipenne (LeConte, 1873) | |
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Megacheuma brevipenne is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae, the only species in the genus Megacheuma.[1] The name is often misspelled as brevipennis (e.g.,[2]). It occurs throughout the Great Basin of California, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Wyoming, where it feeds on the roots of greasewood (Sarcobatus vermiculatus)[3] and saltbush (Atriplex).[4]
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