Pogonocherus hispidulus (Piller & Mitterpacher, 1783)
(Greater Thorn-tipped Longhorn Beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPogonocherus hispidulus (Greater Thorn-tipped Longhorn Beetle)
GenusPogonocherus (thorn-tipped longhorns)
SubfamilyLAMIINAE (a subfamily of longhorn beetles)
FamilyCERAMBYCIDAE (longhorn beetles)
SuperfamilyCHRYSOMELOIDEA (leaf, longhorn and seed beetles)
Series Cucujiformia (a group of beetles)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Pogonocherus hispidulus (Greater Thorn-tipped Longhorn Beetle) :
1: Pogonocherus hispidulus (Greater Thorn-tipped Longhorn Beetle)
22 Aug 2017 OSGR: ST43 51° 10’ N, 2° 50’ W Vice County: North Somerset (VC 6) England
Alighted on my shirt
Image 1: Adult - antero-dorsal view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Adult - dorsal view - antennae backwards - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Adult - dorsal view - antennae spread out - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Adult - head and thorax - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Adult - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Adult - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Cooter, J. & Barclay M.V.L. (eds) 2006 A Coleopterist’s handbook The Amateur Entomolgist, 11, Fourth Edition edition, 439pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society

Pogonocherus hispidulus (Greater Thorn-tipped Longhorn Beetle) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Pogonocherus hispidulus (Greater Thorn-tipped Longhorn Beetle)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 4 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Pogonocherus hispidulus (Greater Thorn-tipped Longhorn Beetle)
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