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| Euporus | |
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| Euporus cupreifrons | |
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Cerambycidae |
| Subfamily: | Cerambycinae |
| Genus: | Euporus Audinet-Serville, 1834[1] |
| Species | |
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Euporus is a genus ofbeetles belonging to the large subfamilyCerambycinae in the family oflonghorn beetles (Cerambycidae).[1]
Medium-sized, slender and long-legged, usually shiny and metalliclonghorn beetle. The head is slightly snout-shaped and elongated. The antennae are usually longer than the body, and rather thin. The pronotum is rounded without teeth on the sides. The coverts are almost evenly wide. The hind legs are particularly long, the thighs thickened at the tip.
The larvae develop in the wood of deciduous trees.
The genus is widespread in Africa.
