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• Rhopalophora longipes

  Eastern Rhopalophora

  Rhopalophora longipes is a small, diurnal longhorned beetle and the only eastern North American representative of the tribe Rhopalophorini. The species exhibits the characteristic black body with red head and/or pronotum coloration typical of this tribe. Adults are frequently observed on flowers during daylight hours. The species was first described by Thomas Say in 1824.

  CerambycidaeCerambycinaeRhopalophorinidiurnalflower-visitingeastern-North-AmericaThomas-Say-1824ant-mimicry-group-mimicry