''Graphisurus despectus'' is a species of

longhorn beetle The longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae), also known as long-horned or longicorns, are a large family of beetles, with over 35,000 species described. Most species are characterized by extremely long antennae, which are often as long as or longer than ...

s of the subfamily

Lamiinae Lamiinae, commonly called flat-faced longhorns, are a subfamily of the longhorn beetle family (Cerambycidae). The subfamily includes over 750 genera, rivaled in diversity within the family only by the subfamily Cerambycinae. Tribes The tribal ...

. It was described by

John Lawrence LeConte John Lawrence LeConte (May 13, 1825 – November 15, 1883) was an American entomologist of the 19th century, responsible for naming and describing approximately half of the insect taxa known in the United States during his lifetime,

in 1850, and is known from the eastern United States.Bezark, Larry G
''A Photographic Catalog of the Cerambycidae of the World''
. Retrieved 22 May 2012.

References

Beetles described in 1850 Acanthocinini Taxa named by John Lawrence LeConte Beetles of North America {{Acanthocinini-stub