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Parent Taxon

• Cerambycidae

Sibling Taxa

• Adriopea
• Arachneosomatidia
• Arachnoparmena
• Athemistus
• Austrosomatidia
• Blaxotes
• Bocainella
• Caledomicrus
• Ceraegidion
• Ceylanoparmena
• Cleptonotus
• Cleptosoma
• Coresthetopsis
• Cupeyalia
• Declivocondyloides
• Deucalion
• Diamitosa
• Dorcadida
• Echthistatus
• Gracililamia
• Hexatricha
• Hoplocleptes
• Ipochus
• Maisi
• Mecynome
• Mesolita
• Microcleptes
• Microtragus
• Nanilla
• Neohoplonotus
• Neoplectrura
• Nodulosoma
• Ovaloparmena
• Paradeucalion
• Parananilla
• Parmena
• Parmenosoma
• Pirulintia
• Plaumanniella
• Plectrura
• Ptinosoma
• Schreiteria
• Somatidia
• Spinosomatidia
• Stenauxa
• Tenebrosoma
• Tricondyloides
• Xylotoles
• Xylotoloides

Child Taxa

• Trichoxylotoles
• Xylotoles
• Xylotoles aegrotus
• Xylotoles apicicauda
• Xylotoles fasciatus
• Xylotoles germanus
• Xylotoles parvulus
• Xylotoles pattesoni
• Xylotoles persimilis
• Xylotoles pulchellus
• Xylotoles pygmaeus
• Xylotoles segrex
• Xylotoles selwini

Top Observation Places

• Palmerston North
• New Plymouth
• Auckland
• North Shore
• Christchurch
• Wellington
• Lower Hutt