Species Geropa concolor

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)

Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Long-horned and Leaf Beetles)

Family Cerambycidae (Longhorned Beetles)

Subfamily Cerambycinae

Tribe Achrysonini

Genus Geropa

Species concolor (Geropa concolor)

Explanation of Names

Concolor is Greek and Latin for pine cone colored (1)

Numbers

1 sp n. of Mex (2)

Identification

Geropa concolor (LeConte)

Det. E. G. Riley, 2009

Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae: Achrysonini

Range

Southern Texas to southern Mexico (2)

Season

March to November (Hovore et al. 1987)

Food

Larval hosts: Ulmus and various legume genera (Fabaceae) (Hovore et al. 1987)

Remarks

Was abundant on two-year dead Acacia trees at Welder refuge in May and October. (Hovore et al. 1987)

(The headquarters of the Rob and Bessie Welder Wildlife Foundation, established in 1954, is located on a 7,800-acre native wildlife refuge 8 miles north of Sinton, Texas, in the Coastal Bend region of the state.)

Print References

Hovore, F.T., R.L. Penrose & R.W. Neck 1987. The Cerambycidae, or longhorned beetles, of southern Texas: a faunal survey. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 44(13): 283-344, 20 figs.

Internet References

Type Specimen - Harvard MCZ

Works Cited

1.	Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms By Donald J. Borror

2.	American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea By Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.)

Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 22 December, 2007 - 11:18am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 17 March, 2009 - 12:07pm

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