''Euderces'' is a

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longhorn beetle The longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae), also known as long-horned or longicorns (whose larvae are often referred to as roundheaded borers), are a large family of beetles, with over 35,000 species described. Most species are characterized by Antenn ...

s, family

Cerambycidae The longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae), also known as long-horned or longicorns (whose larvae are often referred to as roundheaded borers), are a large family of beetles, with over 35,000 species described. Most species are characterized by anten ...

. They are found in South, Central, and North America, with the centre of diversity in southern Mexico and Guatemala. Many members of this

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genus are ant mimics. ''E. velutinus'' is a tropical species closely resembling the common ant species ''

Camponotus sericeiventris ''Camponotus sericeiventris'', the shimmering golden sugar ant, is a species of carpenter ant native to large parts of Central and South America. It is the only species in the subgenus In biology, a subgenus ( subgenera) is a taxonomic rank di ...

''. Most species are smaller than 5 mm. Euderces picipes

Distribution

Four species of this genus occur in the

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Species

References

* BioLib.cz
Genus ''Euderces''

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Tillomorphini Cerambycidae genera Taxa named by John Lawrence LeConte {{Tillomorphini-stub