Parandrinae is a subfamily of Long-Horned Beetles in the beetle family Cerambycidae. There are about 14 genera and more than 120 described species in Parandrinae.

Parandrinae
Neandra brunnea
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cerambycidae
Subfamily: Parandrinae
Blanchard 1845
Parandra polita, Alabama

Atypical for cerambycids, the antennae are quite short species in Parandrinae, and the tarsi have 5 easily visible segments; they are thus rather similar in appearance to stag beetles.[1][2][3][4][5]

Genera

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These 14 genera belong to the subfamily Parandrinae:[1]

Tribe Erichsoniini
Erichsonia Westwood, 1849
Tribe Parandrini Blanchard 1845
Acutandra Santos-Silva, 2002
Adlbauerandra Bouyer, Drumont & Santos-Silva, 2012
Archandra Lameere, 1912
Birandra Santos-Silva, 2002
Caledonandra Santos-Silva, Heffern & Matsuda, 2010
Hawaiiandra Santos-Silva, Heffern & Matsuda, 2010
Komiyandra Santos-Silva, Heffern & Matsuda, 2010
Malukandra Santos-Silva, Heffern & Matsuda, 2010
Meridiandra Bouyer, Drumont & Santos-Silva, 2012
Neandra Lameere, 1912
Parandra Latreille, 1802
Stenandra Lameere, 1912
Storeyandra Santos-Silva, Heffern & Matsuda, 2010


References

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  1. ^ a b "Catalogue of Life, Parandrinae Blanchard 1845". Retrieved 2024-09-07.
  2. ^ Bezark, Larry G. "A Photographic Catalog of the Cerambycidae of the Old World". Retrieved 2024-08-18.
  3. ^ Monné, M.A.; Nearns, E.H. (2024). "Catalogue of the Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) of America". Retrieved 2024-07-13.
  4. ^ Tavakilian, Gerard (2023). "TITAN Cerambycidae database". Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris. doi:10.48580/dg9ld-38m.
  5. ^ Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (88): 1–972. doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. PMC 3088472. PMID 21863053.
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