Euporus is a genus of beetles belonging to the large subfamily Cerambycinae in the family of longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae).
Appearance
Medium-sized, slender and long-legged, usually shiny and metallic longhorn 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.
Life cycle
The larvae develop in the wood of deciduous trees.
Prevalence
The genus is widespread in Africa.
Systematic division
- Order Beetle, Coleoptera <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small>
- Suborder Polyphaga <small>Emery, 1886</small>
- group (infraorder) Cucujiformia <small>Lameere, 1938</small>
- Superfamily Chrysomeloidea <small>Latreille, 1802</small> (=Phytophaga)
- Family longhorn beetles, Cerambycidae <small>Latreille, 1802</small>
- Subfamily Cerambycinae <small>Latreille, 1802</small>
- Tribe Callichromatini <small>Blanchard, 1845</small>
- Genus Euporus <small>Audinet-Serville, 1834</small>
- Subgenus Euporus
- Euporus abyssinicus <small>Müller, 1939</small>
- Euporus amabilis <small>Hope, 1843</small>
- Euporus dubius <small>Schmidt, 1922</small>
- Euporus gracilis <small>Hintz, 1919</small>
- Euporus illaesicollis <small>Quedenfeldt, 1883</small>
- Euporus itimbirensis <small>Duvivier, 1891</small>
- Euporus katanganus <small>Burgeon, 1931</small>
- Euporus laevis <small>Schmidt, 1922</small>
- Euporus linearis <small>Schmidt, 1922</small>
- Euporus liobasis <small>(Bates, 1879)</small>
- Euporus pygmaeus <small>Schmidt, 1922</small>
- Euporus similis <small>Jordan, 1894</small>
- Euporus strangulatus <small>Audinet-Serville, 1834</small>
- Euporus torquatus <small>(Dalman, 1817)</small>
- Subgenus Hintziellus <small>Schmidt, 1922</small>
- Euporus nasutus <small>Quedenfeldt, 1882</small>
- Euporus plagiatus <small>(Dalman, 1817)</small>
- Subgenus Meporus <small>Schmidt, 1922</small>
- Euporus kuntzeni <small>Schmidt, 1922</small>
- Subgenus Sphaleroporus <small>Schmidt, 1922</small>
- Euporus amethystinus <small>Quedenfeldt, 1882</small>
- Euporus conradtiellus <small>Kolbe, 1894</small>
- Euporus crucifer <small>Schmidt, 1922</small>
- Euporus cupreifrons <small>(Aurivillius, 1914)</small>
- Euporus ignicollis <small>Pascoe, 1864</small>
- Euporus partitus <small>Gerstäcker, 1884</small>
- Euporus tenellus <small>(Bates, 1879)</small>
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