''Hemadius ''Fairmaire L (1889) ''Ann. Soc. Ent. France'' (6) 9. is a monotypic genus of

longhorn beetle The longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae), also known as long-horned or longicorns, are a large family of beetles, with over 35,000 species described. Most species are characterized by extremely long antennae, which are often as long as or longer than ...

s, containing the species ''Hemadius oenochrous'' in the tribe Cerambycini and previously placed in the genus '' Neocerambyx''. It is native to

Asia Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with Africa. Asia covers an area ...

, where it occurs in

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...

Laos Laos (, ''Lāo'' )), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic ( Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ, French: République démocratique populaire lao), is a socialist ...

, and

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

. It is known commonly as the cherry tree longhorned beetle and Wushe blood-spotted longhorned beetle.Yen, S. and P. Yang
Illustrated identification guide to insects protected by the CITES and wildlife conservation law of Taiwan.
Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan, 2001. This beetle is about 4.5 to 6.5 centimeters long with a narrow body. It is black with a red sheen. The male has antennae longer than its body length; the female has shorter antennae. This beetle lives in forests, where it specializes on cherry and peach trees (''

Prunus ''Prunus'' is a genus of trees and shrubs, which includes (among many others) the fruits plums, cherries, peaches, nectarines, apricots, and almonds. Native to the North American temperate regions, the neotropics of South America, and the p ...

'' spp.).

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Beetle (''Aeolesthes oenochrous'').
Taiwan Postage Stamps, Long-horned Beetle Series. *
''Hemadius oenochrous''.
Catalogue of Life 29 January 2016. {{Taxonbar, from1=Q15870234, from2=Q13224257 Cerambycini Beetles of Asia Insects of China Insects of Laos Insects of Taiwan Insects of Vietnam Beetles described in 1889 Taxa named by Léon Fairmaire Cerambycidae genera