''Hemadius ''Fairmaire L (1889) ''Ann. Soc. Ent. France'' (6) 9. is a

monotypic genus In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispe ...

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, containing the species ''Hemadius oenochrous'' in the tribe

Cerambycini Cerambycini is a tribe (biology), tribe of longhorn beetles classified under the subfamily Cerambycinae. Description Members of Cerambycini are generally large reddish-brown beetles with elongated bodies. The frons have pronounced furrows. The e ...

and previously placed in the genus '' Neocerambyx''. It is native to

Asia Asia ( , ) is the largest continent in the world by both land area and population. It covers an area of more than 44 million square kilometres, about 30% of Earth's total land area and 8% of Earth's total surface area. The continent, which ...

, where it occurs in

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

Vietnam Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's List of countries and depende ...

Laos Laos, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic (LPDR), is the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by Myanmar and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the southeast, and Thailand to the west and ...

, and

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...

. It is known commonly as the cherry tree longhorned beetle and Wushe blood-spotted longhorned beetle.Yen, S. and P. Yang
Illustrated identification guide to insects protected by the CITES and wildlife conservation law of Taiwan.
Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan, 2001. This beetle is about 4.5 to 6.5 centimeters long with a narrow body. It is black with a red sheen. The male has antennae longer than its body length; the female has shorter antennae. This beetle lives in forests, where it specializes on cherry and peach trees (''

Prunus ''Prunus'' is a genus of flowering plant, flowering trees and shrubs from the family (biology), family Rosaceae. The genus includes plums, cherries, peaches, nectarines, apricots and almonds (collectively Drupe, stonefruit). The genus has a cosm ...

'' spp.).

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Beetle (''Aeolesthes oenochrous'').
Taiwan Postage Stamps, Long-horned Beetle Series. *
''Hemadius oenochrous''.
Catalogue of Life 29 January 2016. {{Taxonbar, from1=Q15870234, from2=Q13224257 Cerambycini Beetles of Asia Insects of China Insects of Laos Insects of Taiwan Insects of Vietnam Beetles described in 1889 Taxa named by Léon Fairmaire Cerambycidae genera