CERAMBYCIDAE - LONGHORN BEETLES
SUBFAMILY PRIONINAE
Nineteen species of this subfamily occur in Paraguay classified into seven tribes. One species is endemic to the country. The following is a list of the species so far documented as occurring in Paraguay based on Monné MA & Hovore FT 2005 - Checklist of the Cerambycidae of the Western Hemisphere Online Edition - click the link to download the entire publication from Cerambycids.com.
Endemic species are marked with EN.
Species for which we have images identified to species level are marked with a *.
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Relevant Resources
For people interested in Cerambycidae the following electronic resources are highly recommended.
Cerambycids.com Downloads and information about this group
Catalogue of the New World Cerambycidae Photographs of the vast majority of the New World Taxa
SUBFAMILY PRIONINAE - Latreille 1804:264
Tribe Anacolini - Thompson 1857
Prionapterus breyeri Bruch 1929
Prionapterus staphilinus Guérin-Méneville 1831
Prionapterus suspectus Galileo & Martins 1990 EN
Tribe Calocomini - Galileo & Martins 1993
Calocomus desmaresti Guérin-Méneville 1831
Calocomus morusus White 1850
Tribe Callipogonini - Thomson 1860
Callipogon jaspideum (Buquet in Guérin-Méneville 1844
Ctenoscelis acanthopus (Germar 1824)
*Ctenoscelis coeus
*Navosoma luctuosum (Schoenherr 1817)
Tribe Macrodontiini - Thomson 1860
Macrodontia flavipennis Chevrolat 1833
Tribe Macrotomini - Thomson 1860
*Mallodon spinibarbis (Linnaeus 1758)
Physopleurus maillei Audinet-Serville 1832
Strongylaspis batesi Lameere 1903
Tribe Mallaspini - Thomson 1860
Hileolaspis auratus (Linnaeus 1758)
*Pyrodes nitidus Audinet-Serville 1832
Tribe Merocelisini - Thomson 1860
Meroscelisus servillei Thomson 1865
Meroscelisus violaceus Audinet-Serville 1832
Polyoza lacordairei Audinet-Serville 1832
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