Longhorned Woodboring Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae and Disteniidae): Primary Types of the Smithsonian Institution

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Longhorned Woodboring Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae and Disteniidae): Primary Types of the Smithsonian Institution Steven W. Lingafelter, Eugenio H. Nearns, Gerard L. Tavakilian, Miguel A. Monne, Michael Bondi 2014: 390 pages Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press Washington, DC ISBN: 978-1-935623-40-3 $69.95 (hardcover) ![Graphic][1] In their book, Longhorned Woodboring Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae and Disteniidae): Primary Types of the Smithsonian Institution , Lingafelter et al. present a catalog and color images for the 2,000+ primary types of cerambycids held by the United States National Museum of Natural History (NMNH; Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC USA). The NMNH houses the largest collection of primary types of cerambycids outside of Europe, and the third largest collection of primary types of cerambycids in the world. As such, this book is an important contribution to the literature on cerambycid taxonomy and is a valuable resource for collection managers, curators, and cerambycid taxonomists. The Smithsonian Institution's Department of Entomology was established in 1881, with the support of the United States Department of Agriculture … raya6{at}xavier.edu [1]: /embed/inline-graphic-1.gif