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Species Mannophorus laetus

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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 Cerambycinae
Tribe Trachyderini
Subtribe Trachyderina
Genus Mannophorus
Species laetus (Mannophorus laetus)
Other Common Names
Pleasant Aster Bycid
Explanation of Names
Mannophorus laetus LeConte 1854
laetus (L). 'joyful, pleasant' (1)
Identification
occasionally w all black elytra
Range
sw. & so. TX / s. Mex. - Map (2)(3)
Habitat
Tamaulipan Thornscrub
Season
mostly Sep-Dec (2)(3)
Food
Adults visit various flowers, mostly Helianthus, Viguiera, Verbesina (Asteraceae); larval host unknown (2)
Print References
Giesbert, E.F. & F.T. Hovore. 1976. Records and descriptions of some southwestern Cerambycidae (Coleoptera). The Coleopterists Bulletin, 30(1): 95-99.
LeConte J.L. 1853. Descriptions of some new Coleoptera from Texas, chiefly collected by the Mexican Boundary Commission. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 6: 439-448.
Internet References
Texas Entomology - Mike Quinn, 2008
Works Cited
1.Composition of scientific words
Brown R.W. 1956. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC. 882 pp.
2.The Cerambycidae, or longhorned beetles, of southern Texas: a faunal survey (Coleoptera)
Hovore F.T., Penrose R.L., Neck R.W. 1987. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 44: 283-334.
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