Cerambyx

{{short description|Genus of beetles}}

{{For|Cerambyx Gistel 1848|Ergates (beetle)}}

{{Automatic_taxobox

| name = Capricorn beetles

| image = Heldenbok.jpg

| image_caption = Great capricorn beetle, Cerambyx cerdo

| taxon = Cerambyx

| authority = Linnaeus, 1758

}}

File:Cerambyx.scopolii.-.calwer.36.01.jpg

Cerambyx is a genus of beetles in the family Cerambycidae (longhorn beetles). They are commonly known as capricorn beetles, as their strong, stout and curved antennae, each segment of which flares towards the tip, are reminiscent of the horns of an Alpine Ibex (Capra ibex) or "capricorn".

Species

These 48 species belong to the genus Cerambyx:

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References

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{{Cite web| title=GBIF, Cerambyx

| url=https://www.gbif.org/species/4999685 | access-date=2024-09-02

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{{Cite web| title=Catalogue of Life, Cerambyx Linnaeus, 1758

| url=https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/BJ5VB | access-date=2024-09-02

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{{Cite web

| title = A Photographic Catalog of the Cerambycidae of the New World

| last1 = Bezark | first1 = Larry G.

| url = http://bezbycids.com/byciddb/wdefault.asp?w=n| access-date = 2024-08-18

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{{Cite web

| title = Catalogue of the Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) of America

| year = 2024

| last1 = Monné | first1 = M.A.| last2 = Nearns | first2 = E.H.

| url = https://cerambycids.com/default.asp?action=show_catalog| access-date = 2024-07-13

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