Brachysomida californica explained

Brachysomida californica is a species of long-horned beetle in the subfamily Lepturinae^[1] from western North America.^[2] It was described by John Lawrence LeConte in 1851 from the Santa Cruz Mountains in California.^[3]

Subtaxons

There are five varietets in species:^[1]

• Brachysomida californica var. fusca (LeConte, 1857)
• Brachysomida californica var. mollipilosa (LeConte, 1860)
• Brachysomida californica var. subcyanea (LeConte, 1857)
• Brachysomida californica var. tumida (LeConte, 1857)
• Brachysomida californica var. viola (LeConte, 1860)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ondrej. Zicha . BioLib: Biological library . www.biolib.cz.
2. Web site: Species Brachysomida californica . bugguide.net.
3. Book: Longhorned Woodboring Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae and Disteniidae). Steven W. Lingafelter. Eugenio H. Nearns. Gérard L. Tavakilian . Miguel A. Monné . Michael Biondi. Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. Washington, D.C.. 2014. 978-1-935623-40-3. 2014005388.