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Species Tetraopes quinquemaculatus

Tetraopes quinquemaculatus Haldeman - Tetraopes quinquemaculatus

Milkweed Longhorn Beetle with Few Spots - Tetraopes quinquemaculatus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)

Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Longhorn and Leaf Beetles)

Family Cerambycidae (Longhorn Beetles)

Subfamily Lamiinae (Flat-faced Longhorn Beetles)

Tribe Tetraopini

Genus Tetraopes (Milkweed Longhorn Beetles)

Species quinquemaculatus (Tetraopes quinquemaculatus)

Explanation of Names

Tetraopes quinquemaculatus Haldeman 1847

Size

8-12 mm (1)

Identification

separated from most other spp. by lack of basal elytral spots

also typically has slight dark markings at the elytral tips (1)

Det. M. A. Quinn, 2015

Range

Ont., Midwestern States to e. TX (1)(2)(3)(4)

Season

June-Sept (5)

Food

larvae feed on Asclepias longifolia var. hirtella(1), adults asso. w/ A. amplexicaulis, A. tuberosa(5) and A. viridiflora (BG data)

Remarks

uncommon (5), considered by Arkansas to be a "Species of Greatest Conservation Need" (SGCN) (6)

Print References

Haldeman, S.S. 1847. Material towards a history of the Coleoptera Longicornia of the United States. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, 10: 27-66.

Internet References

Cerambycidae Catalog

Works Cited

1.	Field Guide to Northeastern Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Douglas Yanega. 1996. Illinois Natural History Survey.

2.	An Illustrated Inventory of the Beetles (Coleoptera) of Lick Creek Park, College Station, Texas Edward G. Riley. 2013. Texas A&M University, Dept. Entomology, College Station.

3.	The Cerambycidae of North America, Part VII, No. 2: ... subfamily Lamiinae, tribes Acanthocinini through Hemilophini. E. Gorton Linsley & John A. Chemsak. 1995. University of California Publications in Entomology 114: 1-292.

4.	Texas A&M University Insect Collection (TAMUIC)

5.	Illustrated Key to the Longhorned Woodboring Beetles of the Eastern United States Steven W. Lingafelter. 2008. Coleopterists Society.

6.	Arkansas "Species of Greatest Conservation Need" (SGCN) - 2006

Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 10 September, 2008 - 3:53pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn
Last updated 26 May, 2017 - 1:20pm

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