Longicorn

Entomological Society of London, who had almost completed the classification and description of my large collection of Longicorn beetles (now in his possession), comprising more than a thousand species, of which at least nine hundred were previously undescribed and new to European cabinets.

The Malay Archipelago 2004

Longicorn - ia: having the antennae as long or longer than the body; specifically the Cerambycid beetles.

Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith

But no other genus of Longicorn, so far as I am aware, practises this craft.

The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles Jean-Henri Fabre 1869

These details tell us of three years of larval existence, a duration of life frequent in the Longicorn series.

The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles Jean-Henri Fabre 1869

Such are the interesting sub-family of Longicorn coleoptera -- Tmesisternitae; one of the best-marked genera of Buprestidae -- Cyphogastra; and the beautiful weevils forming the genus Eupholus.

The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 2 Alfred Russel Wallace 1868

Charis melipona, a South American Longicorn of the family Necydalidæ, has been so named from its resemblance to a small bee of the genus

Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection A Series of Essays Alfred Russel Wallace 1868

London, who had almost completed the classification and description of my large collection of Longicorn beetles (now in his possession), comprising more than a thousand species, of which at least nine hundred were previously undescribed and new to European cabinets.

The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 1 Alfred Russel Wallace 1868

There is one curious example of a Longicorn mimicking a Longicorn, like the Papilios and Heliconidæ which mimic their own allies.

Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection A Series of Essays Alfred Russel Wallace 1868

(Longicorn) mimics Pachyrhynchus orbifae, (b) (a hard curculio).

Darwinism (1889) Alfred Russel Wallace 1868

In the recently published volumes on the Longicorn and Malacoderm beetles of Central America [108] there are numbers of beautifully coloured figures of the new species; and on looking over them we are struck by the curious resemblance of some of the Longicorns to species of the Malacoderm group.

Darwinism (1889) Alfred Russel Wallace 1868