Gracilia minuta

(Fabricius, 1781)

basket longhorn beetle

Gracilia minuta is a small longhorn () to Europe, with established in the United States, Argentina, and Uruguay. It is the sole in the Gracilia. The species has been documented on islands in the Azores (Faial, São Miguel, Santa Maria, and Terceira), suggesting capabilities or human-mediated transport to oceanic islands.

Gracilia minuta by G.G. Yakobson. Used under a Public domain license.Gracilia.minuta.-.calwer.37.12 by Emil Hochdanz . Used under a Public domain license.Musée entomologique illustré (6008161421) by Bisson-Cottard (Firm); Depuiset, A.; Fischbach, Gustave; Poteau, J.; Quartley, J.; Rothschild, J.; Specht, Friedrich; Vizetelly, Henry. Used under a Public domain license.

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How to pronounce Gracilia minuta: /ɡraˈkili.a miˈnuː.ta/

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Distribution

to Europe; to the United States, Argentina, and Uruguay. Documented on the Azorean islands of Faial, São Miguel, Santa Maria, and Terceira.

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Taxonomic uniqueness

Gracilia minuta is the only in the Gracilia, making it taxonomically distinctive within the .

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